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ViewItaly news roundup: 31 March to 20 April

This week: Roaring back into discussions and saving the language

ViewMatchmaking scheme seeks to solve dearth of PhDs in Italy

Online platform will help shape industrial PhD programmes that have struggled to attract candidates

ViewItaly seeks to increase salaries of EU grant winners

Research minister says change will make country “increasingly attractive and welcoming” to top talent

ViewItaly news roundup: 17-30 March

This week: an advert row and mourning for Antonio Bisaccia

ViewItalian researchers’ salary woes revealed

Separate studies spotlight poor-pay problem, from PhD through to professor level

ViewItaly news roundup: 3-16 March

This week: gender equality, R&D leadership, student mobility and brain drain

ViewSapienza to lead ‘digital twins for health’ project

Research will aim to create models that “mimic” the medical characteristics of patients

ViewItalian partnership to coordinate AI research and innovation

Initiative led by national research council will have 10 spokes across the country

ViewItaly news roundup: 17 February to 2 March

This week: drug development, decarbonisation and an EU commissioner in Rome

ViewHuman Technopole takes on new leadership

Biologist Marino Zerial appointed to lead Milan institute from startup to scaleup phase

ViewItaly news roundup: 3-16 February

This week: smarter telecom networks and bidding to host the Einstein Telescope

ViewClinical trials shake-up worries researchers

Italy’s attempts to speed up approval procedures could backfire, researchers fear

ViewItaly aims to link up research spending

‘Technical table’ will bring together experts from all ministries with R&D responsibilities

ViewItaly news roundup: 20 January to 2 February

This week: ERC grant wins, innovation seeds and a talent showcase

ViewItaly captains Europe’s drive for sustainable seas

Blue economy project will pool €450 million of research and innovation investment from 25 countries

ViewItaly’s research world hopes for continued progress in 2023

Right-wing rise to power has not yet shifted the direction of travel for R&D

ViewFlorence polytechnic pilots new approach to the arts in Italy

Research minister says Polifi will bridge traditional arts institutions and universities

ViewItaly news roundup: 6-19 January

This week: support for Ghanaian research and progress in sustainable transport

ViewMilan university ranks top for ‘departments of excellence’

Over €270 million will be shared between 180 departments in universities across Italy

ViewItaly news roundup: 16 December to 5 January

This week: Cuzzocrea heads university rectors’ assembly, plus push to host Einstein Telescope in Sardinia

ViewItaly news roundup: 2-15 December

This week: end of professor patent privilege, metaverse studies and more

ViewCall for more investment in Italy’s innovation sector

Projects ranging from scar-free tattoo removal to vaccine production are seeking more support

ViewSouth Africa and Italy partner on physics

Partnership will aim to bolster joint research and exchange of scientists in computational science

ViewItaly news roundup: 18 November to 1 December

This week: a digital deal and a snub for PhDs

ViewVenerable research council unveils major reform

Italy’s National Research Council celebrates centennial with root and branch overhaul

ViewItaly’s researcher career reforms could be derailed

Plans to abolish controversial short-term contracts for early career staff in jeopardy under new government

ViewWorld’s fourth-fastest computer launched in Italy

Leonardo supercomputer is latest addition to European computing power, but US and Japan still lead

ViewItaly news roundup: 4-17 November

This week: Erasmus placements unfilled, new rector for Milan Polytechnic and academic fraud awareness

ViewItalian organisations sign on for research assessment reform

National Research Council and multiple other bodies commit to change use of metrics

ViewBrain drain fear stalks Italy again

New minister told 15,000 highly skilled researchers could quit if contract reforms stall