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ViewGermany funds antibiotic resistance initiative

Science ministry assigns €41 million budget in bid to combat rise in resistant germs

ViewGermany news roundup: 10-16 May

This week: the HRK’s next president, diversity in Thuringia and imaging in North Rhine-Westphalia

ViewGerman universities ‘unclear’ on who pays for extra energy costs

Strategies to adapt to rising costs include heating controls and building closure, survey shows

ViewScience ‘should have its own Sustainable Development Goal’

President of Germany’s DFG underlines importance of research to meeting UN goals

ViewGermany news roundup: 3-9 May

This week: digital scholarships, lifelong learning and plans to occupy lecture halls across Germany

ViewGermany news roundup: 26 April to 2 May

This week: dual studies, a low-enriched research reactor and AI among business administrators

ViewStudents attracted to Germany for job opportunities

Employment prospects, good study conditions and strong international reputation all attract students, survey finds

ViewGermany puts €3bn towards quantum technologies

Government and science supporters team up to secure “place at the top” of future developments

ViewCouncil warns of ‘fragmented’ food sciences

WR urges restructuring to help Germany develop “socially acceptable” climate-friendly agriculture

ViewSchweinfurt to expand robotics centre

Bavarian state coffers fund €120 million boost to intelligent-systems research

ViewGermany news roundup: 19-25 April

This week: a DAAD expansion, Saxony-Taiwan collaboration, and protests for better study conditions in Berlin

ViewProfessors warn of widespread and unpunished ‘abuse of power’

Structures within German academia enable exploitation of lower-ranking members of staff, letter warns

ViewKeep science and politics separate, say German professors

High-ranking academics should not be tempted “to mask politically motivated statements as being science-based”

ViewGermany news roundup: 12-18 April

This week: rising energy costs, support for a data law and a name-change in Münster

View‘Germany and UK not convinced by assessment reform coalition’

RPN Live: Chair of Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment targets countries as priorities for outreach

ViewGermany news roundup: 29 March to 4 April

This week: HE spending up, microcredentials on the rise and more

ViewGermany joins international radio astronomy project

Germany’s research minister says Square Kilometre Array telescope will “overcome borders of knowledge and countries”

View‘Pandemic toll on researchers will take years to manifest’

DFG says the number of scientists’ careers ended by Covid cannot be quantified yet

ViewGermany, UK and France top latest ERC Advanced Grants

European Research Council president “especially pleased” about increasing share won by women

ViewScientists rally against ‘dysfunctional’ contract law

Demonstrators in Berlin call on government to keep coalition promise and prevent “system failure”

ViewDashboard highlights unpublished clinical trials

Small improvement seen over time, as organisers highlight researchers’ obligations to patients

ViewGermany news roundup: 22-28 March

This week: a new medical facility, advice on artificial intelligence and more

ViewRevamp of fixed-term contracts proposed

Academic qualifications would matter more in Germany under plan to shorten postdoc phase

ViewRectors to develop sustainability audit

Germany’s universities must become greener and promote sustainable lifestyles, leaders say

ViewGermany news roundup: 15-21 March

This week: overspending at Fraunhofer, face-to-face teaching and a Middle East cooperation programme

ViewGermany news roundup: 8–14 March

This week: spending hike, patent drop and research on right-wing extremism

ViewAnalysis aims to help govern use of AI in German universities

Study by legal experts at Ruhr-Universität Bochum steers away from banning use of artificial intelligence

ViewGermany moves to keep power-hungry research fuelled up

Federal hardship fund will channel €500 million to energy-intensive facilities

ViewResearch spending found to boost inequality in Germany

Public funds primarily go to states and cities already doing well in R&D, report shows

ViewFrankfurt university ends deal with Confucius Institute

Formal ties with Chinese institution cut as part of “re-orientation” effort