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Italy’s approach to research evaluation has come a long way since the ‘Gelmini reform’

This week: new centres of excellence, open-access strategy and publishing deals

Neuroscientist warns push for reform of journals could trigger unintended consequences via Cobra Effect

Government seeking to bring back hundreds of researchers from overseas with support package
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This week: sunshine in healthcare, EU missions and fellowships

This week: Chinese marine science links and funding for research into sustainable travel

Report says demand will rise in half of all roles, with researchers particularly sought after

This week: applied research funding, biomedical research priorities and a digital team-up

Survey of more than 5,000 PhD students finds most are living on minimum bursary

Evaluator publicly protests against perceived “nepotism and parochial interests” in researcher evaluation

Revised research evaluation exercise indicates that new hires are bringing greater quality

This week: the future of fundamental research, Horizon 2020 success and a university ranking

Italy’s researchers are wary of promised improvements to legislation around animal research

Lviv-based institution joins EC2U, gaining access to European initiatives

This week: PhD bursaries, an effort to improve reproducibility and research in Antarctica

This week: departments of excellence, reform concerns, the Human Technopole and PhD guidelines

Senior researcher Maria Pia Abbracchio says reformed schemes must now become “systemic, predictable and reliable”

UnRest group hopes data on system can improve quality of debate about Italian higher education

This week: Partnership grants, ERC winners and support for refugee researchers

Country set to fund dozens of research sites with €4.48 billion EU pandemic-recovery cash

Innovation ecosystems scheme has €1.3 billion in EU pandemic recovery money up for grabs

This week: an animal research ban is delayed and rectors move slowly towards gender balance

EU initiatives could finally bring meaningful change for Italy’s female researchers

This week: ERC success, reports of the death of the National Research Agency and more

Researcher numbers and spending on the rise but problems remain with PhDs and gender equality

This week: degrees in public administration, European curricula and PhD extensions

Latest round of ‘PRIN’ funding adds to wave of competitive calls keeping research offices busy

Research infrastructure and other facilities to be awarded €1.4 billion of EU Covid-19 comeback cash

This week: PhD accreditation, a strong ERC showing and a French tie-up

Investment could help boost research and tackle chronic inequalities, but doubts remain

A growing concern about research metrics is causing Italy’s researchers to question funding decisions

This week: AI programme for 2022-24 gets approval, EMBL budget boost and CRUI promotes peace

Italian researchers lead nearly half of winning projects to boost science diplomacy

Italian contract law puts non-medical researchers at risk of job insecurity, says ARSI group

This week: Italian researchers abroad, young women entrepreneurs and a funding windfall for international talent

Grant-holders unite to push for more blue-sky research and retain talent in the country

Academia is poised to boost the economy through science, tech and digitisation, rectors say