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ViewItaly news roundup: 23 September to 6 October

This week: sustainability comes to Bologna and an Italian goes to Iter

ViewItaly’s researchers fear ministry merger

Gruppo 2003 warns against rolling dedicated universities and research department into general education ministry

ViewInterview: The problem solver

Italy’s outgoing research minister talks Covid-19 recovery, EU funding and concerns for the future

ViewItaly news roundup: 9-22 September

This week: rising energy bills and Human Technopole priorities

ViewItaly’s researchers fear they must say goodbye to stability

General election has brought back uncertainty to academics after a period of improvements

ViewSurvey highlights Italy’s PhD problems

Country has few PhD holders compared with other nations and many do not want academic...

ViewItaly news roundup: 25 August to 8 September

This week: an increase in basic university funding and a strategy for fundamental research

ViewScheme to counter Italian brain drain draws exclusion complaint

€220 million scheme aims to encourage return of 700 young Italian researchers from abroad

ViewItaly news roundup: 8-21 July

This week: Italy’s prime minister falls, and more

View‘Error made no difference to Italy’s research assessment’

Evaluation agency Anvur defends results of VQR assessment that showcase “departments of excellence”

ViewItaly news roundup: 24 June to 7 July

This week: research mobility rule changes and Italian leadership of an EU initiative

ViewThe breaking wave of research funding

Without additional Italian government support, a huge wave of extra money could fade away

ViewItaly passes major reform of academic contracts

Indefinite temporary contracts will be abolished in favour of six-year limit

ViewItaly news roundup: 10-23 June

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

ViewAssessment without the ‘dictatorship of the algorithm’

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

ViewItaly news roundup: 27 May to 9 June

This week: sunshine in healthcare, EU missions and fellowships

ViewOpen access risks ‘breeding publishing snakes’

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

ViewItaly’s €600m push to reverse brain drain

Government seeking to bring back hundreds of researchers from overseas with support package

ViewItaly news roundup: 13-26 May

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

ViewItaly ‘needs skills boost to meet biotech growth’

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

ViewItaly news roundup: 29 April to 12 May

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

ViewItalian PhD candidates struggling with cost of living

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

ViewFurther controversy hits Italy’s promotion evaluation process

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

ViewNewer researchers are driving up standards in Italy, data show

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

ViewItaly news roundup: 15-28 April

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

ViewPavia welcomes Ukrainian university to EU Alliance

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

ViewItaly news roundup: 1-14 April

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

ViewA long battle

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

ViewItaly news roundup: 18-31 March

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

ViewOverhaul of Italian research praised by Milan vice-rector

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