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Centre-right parties threaten to punish universities that fail to act robustly
Training to help international students learn German is vital, Stifterverband says
This week: Open source AI project launched, €6 million for engineers, and psychotherapists seek training
Head of German lecturers association supports different approaches to managing research
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This week: Dealing with controversy, researchers reprimanded, alliance on security research
Scheme to improve research infrastructure offers €533 million a year
This week: biologists dismiss claims of universities’ colonisation, DFG tackles anti-Semitism, Bavaria bans multi-gender symbols
Scholarship programme with West Bank universities to be relaunched, announces German academic exchange service
More resources should be devoted to ensuring food is safe and sustainable, says German funder
This week: Gloom in chemical sector, ministry monitors antisemitism, Ingolstadt teams up with Serbian university
Institutions say they also support state’s cultural and social life
Research minister unveils funding scheme to help ensure the “impossible becomes possible”
This week: training overseas experts, improving diversity and tackling post-Covid student stress
Research collaborations could result in fines or imprisonment
Growth of 7 per cent in German R&D expenditure continues long-term trend
This week: animal research legislation, medical transparency and a Coimbra Group exit
Advisory body to German government also backs efforts to promote social innovation
Majority of junior-level academics are thinking about quitting, survey finds
This week: federalised research ethics, new food policy commission and money to combat racism
Germany awards grants to 92 universities to attract more women to careers in research
Psychiatrists say there is insufficient evidence for the change in the law
This week: Kiel president steps down, NRW cybersecurity plan unveiled, fusion power a step closer
Ministry aims to fund regional innovation networks to boost North Rhine-Westphalia
German Education and Science Union says current legislative draft favours employers’ interests
This week: sustainability funding, a new public health institute and Jewish lecturers unite against antisemitism
Suspect not allowed on campus for at least three months
European Animal Research Association claims Bremen government’s decision “appears to be dogmatically driven”
This week: Clusters of Excellence candidates named, Baden-Württemberg’s Swiss partnership and progress in cancer campaign
Time to review academic links with neglected neighbours, German academy says
Advisory body emphasises need to main high-quality teaching in Germany by not axing posts
This week: backing for rare-disease studies, unions stand against antisemitism, research ship to be hydrogen-fuelled
A permanent coordination centre could improve researchers’ response, German advisory body says
Right-wing populism seen as threat to democracy
This week: Elsevier open access, civil security funding and condemnation of far right
German science spending to be cut, but unclear how and where
German government’s proposed changes to student financial aid criticised as meagre
This week: cancelled construction plans, EU collaboration funding and Baden-Württemberg launches research prizes