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ViewEuropean weather centre to set up EU-compatible office in Bonn

Satellite office will ensure EU funds can flow to intergovernmental body despite Brexit

ViewStudents report financial hit during pandemic

One in 10 could drop out over lack of part-time work and cheap loans

ViewDFG clamps down on misconduct

Funder opens online portal and issues reprimands to scientists over alleged plagiarism and false statements

ViewGermany news roundup: 9-15 December

This week: Volkswagen funding, Leibnitz Prize winners and permanent funding for medical universities network

ViewProtests against move to monetise Bavarian research

Reforms proposed by state government would shift university funding towards economic gain and entrepreneurship

ViewDAAD issues rules of engagement for ‘difficult countries’

Guidelines to support German universities in determining risks versus rewards of international collaboration

ViewGermany news roundup: 2-8 December

This week: women dominate art schools, a new alliance and quantum computing funding

ViewLower Saxony universities protest cuts as federal budgets soar

Universities upset over 1 per cent spending reduction as German science ministry receives €500m boost

ViewGermany news roundup: 25 November-1 December

This week: Hamburg’s donor secrets, academics denounce planned Iranian execution and Jago retires

ViewGerman science union petitions for permanent contracts

Study that found little progress in improving academic career security fans flames of discontent

ViewGerman rectors feel Covid-19 angst

Survey reveals looming spectre of financial shortages and decline of academic cooperation

ViewDAAD concerned over lack of Brexit clarity

Germany's academic exchange leaders lament uncertainty about coming changes for students and researchers abroad

ViewGermany news roundup: 18-24 November

This week: Berlin reviews Giffey PhD, rectors slam EU budget deadlock, Hannover confronts Nazi past

ViewStates launch artificial-intelligence programmes

Funds available to boost use of computing and online learning in German labs and classrooms

ViewUnder-fire family minister to stop using doctoral title

Franziska Giffey faces renewed investigation into her PhD

ViewGermany news roundup: 11-17 November

This week: freedom of information, record R&D spending and strong opinions among students

ViewTaskforce urges greater action on dual-use projects

German academics are still too lax about work with military implications, report finds

ViewStudents cope well with digital-teaching switch

Study applauds efforts in higher education to adapt to online learning during pandemic

ViewGermany news roundup: 4-10 November

This week: Belarus exchange, protests against online teaching and funds for FH professors

ViewMost wins for Germany in latest round of ERC Synergy Grants

Germany involved in 18 of 34 new multidisciplinary European Research Council mega-grants

ViewScience bodies issue digital research compasses

Guidelines intended to help institutions struggling with cultural change of online services

ViewUniversities oppose ‘premature’ return to campus teaching

Rising Covid-19 cases mean that online teaching and services must be extended, says association

ViewGermany news roundup: 28 October to 3 November

This week: student Covid-19 hardship, record number of internationals and a plea for less travel

ViewThink tank sets out rules to communicate science in crisis

Report slams experts who act in self-interest but praises good management of preprint access

ViewApplied science universities receive internationalisation funds

DAAD picks 31 projects to improve student readiness for international labour market

ViewGermany news roundup: 21-27 October

This week: fire bombs in Berlin, student jobs and support for Bavarian university law

ViewNature-branded journals open up—at €9,500 per article

Four-year German deal includes the highly selective flagship journal Nature

ViewAdvisers want more government support for open science

Culture of ‘secrecy’ could put German R&D at a disadvantage, High-Tech Forum says

ViewBerlin and Munich most popular among Humboldt fellows

Guest researcher data show top destinations for international talent, with east Germany left behind

ViewGermany news roundup: 14-20 October

This week: more female professors, a university restructure and the end of an Arctic mission