Europe News

ViewGermany news roundup: 14-20 September

This week: collaboration challenges, centralised digital resources and the right to award PhDs

ViewLeopoldina urges funding cuts from male-dominated conferences

Proposal asks universities to reconsider support if events fail to meet gender-equality criteria

ViewAssociations criticise plans to axe exchange programmes

Professional groups say funding reductions would send “wrong signal”, and demand rethink

ViewGerman funder recommends ban on Russia coauthorship

Some in sector warn of practical issues with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft recommendation

ViewUK science advice ‘lacks autonomy and transparency’

Researchers examined Covid-19 response and recommended the nation separates science advice from government

ViewGerman funder warns of research ‘Covidisation’

Basic science must not lose out to research that tackles one specific problem, says DFG

ViewDemands voiced for more student support

Special payments welcomed, but students need long-term protection from inflation, says student union

ViewGermany news roundup: 7-13 September

This week: fears over winter heating emergency, rising graduation numbers and university digitalisation partnerships

ViewDFG defends animal experiments

Science funder calls for integration of welfare and responsible research into German law

ViewGerman academies urge fewer work flights

Universities asked to do their bit by organising sustainable travel and more digital events

ViewGermany news roundup: 3 August to 6 September

This week: a diversity initiative, an institute lost, protection for universities amid the energy crisis

ViewModerna suing Pfizer over Covid vaccine inventions

Moderna claims Pfizer and BioNTech “unlawfully copied” mRNA technology developed before the pandemic

ViewPolice investigate UK PhD student over masturbation study

University of Manchester has suspended doctoral student as it assists police with enquiries

ViewNational academy demands joint approach to Earth science

Move to create single discipline could reduce fragmentation and help Germany tackle climate change

ViewGermany hosts most universities in Erasmus+ initiative

First funding round shows huge success for German institutions, which have joined 19 pan-EU alliances

ViewGermany news roundup: 27 July to 2 August

This week: antiviral research funding, campus attendance in Lower Saxony and an animal welfare prize

ViewUniversities brace for energy shortage

German rectors and students push for nationwide plan to preserve teaching and research

ViewScientists protest DAAD and Humboldt cuts

Joint letter voices alarm after government breaks coalition promise with large budget reductions

ViewGermany news roundup: 20-26 July

This week: Thuringia's naming controversy, innovation in the Rhine-Neckar region and a new Stem award

ViewBudget cuts threaten research exchange, funders warn

Continued financial trouble impacts German collaboration with poorest partners and those at risk

ViewScience council urges better use of health data

Lack of digitalisation and data silos slow down German wellbeing progress, experts say

ViewGermany news roundup: 13-19 July

This week: high energy costs, an army institute’s evaluation and replacing the Vorab programme

ViewGermany news roundup: 6-12 July

This week: applied science PhDs in North Rhine-Westphalia, a protest in Berlin and DFG reprimands

ViewRectors propose reforms to fixed-term contracts

But university leaders want to maintain legal basis for short-term employment, flaunting government promises

ViewUniversities stand by laws curtailing military research

Cold reception for German academy’s proposal to loosen rules on weaponisable work in higher education

ViewDFG promises to ‘fund, develop and shape’ German science

Position paper sets out mission and future strategy of country’s biggest research financier

ViewR&D spending decreases slightly in 2020

Report shows fall in innovation expenditure, but federal government maintains Germany will meet 2025 goal

ViewGermany news roundup: 29 June to 5 July

This week: Max Planck president-elect, climate protest in Freiburg and Körber Prize winner

ViewUK and German universities explore closer ties

Russell Group and U15 group of research-intensive institutions agree to establish joint committee on collaboration

ViewGermany news roundup: June 22-28

This week: Lower Saxony research boosted, row over student aid and demand for HE ‘stagnating’