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ViewNordic news roundup: 5-11 September

This week: more doctors for western Norway, Aarhus honours foreign researchers, workplace PhDs now available

ViewFinnish rectors condemn stricter immigration plans

Universities fear impact of immigration restrictions on innovation and ability to attract international talent

ViewFinnish universities unhappy with planned R&D funding

Academics fear extra funding will only benefit industrial research

ViewNordics news roundup: 29 August to 4 September

This week: review of HE in Denmark, quantum lab in Copenhagen, Sweden seeks policy advice

ViewNorway appoints new HE and research minister

Researchers’ organisation hopes appointee Sandra Borch will consult the sector before making decisions

ViewNordic news roundup: 25-31 July

This week: synthetic biology challenge, landscape architecture award, new head for social science institute

ViewNorway sees continued interest in ICT studies

Women make up majority of overall undergraduate admissions this year

ViewMinister steps down for breaching ethics rules

Norway’s universities hope for closer relationship with successor after Borten Moe’s resignation

ViewNordic news roundup: 18-24 July

This week: a prize-winning thesis, biomedicine centre planned, Bergen researchers make transatlantic links

ViewDanish researchers fear threat of foreign espionage

One in seven express concern, but few know who to talk to about their concerns

ViewAdvance of far-right parties raises questions over research policy

Plans to introduce tuition fees for international students in Sweden badly received

ViewSweden to explore AI’s effects on education

Country’s Higher Education Authority will present results of review by next March

ViewNordic news roundup: 11-17 July

This week: human rights work continues, Danish university recruits ex-minister, Norwegian explorers head north

ViewSweden admits more–and Finland fewer–students

But overall numbers hard to compare as Finnish figures do not include English programmes

ViewNordic news roundup: 4-10 July

This week: Search for leaders in AI research, Norway’s universities appoint new board members, Helsinki...

ViewDenmark ‘needs strategy to woo international graduates’

Only a small minority of foreign graduates from Danish universities take local jobs

ViewUniversities dismayed by axing of development grants

Academics angered by lack of consultation and warn of negative consequences

ViewDanish government simplifies plans for shorter MA degrees

Universities welcome more “realistic” approach to degrees but lament lack of action on professionals shortage

ViewSweden’s academic freedom needs ‘better protection’

“Autonomy of universities” should be more clearly defined, to avoid inappropriate state interference, says report

ViewNordic news roundup: 27 June to 3 July

This week: Bergen’s next director, Helsinki University’s Doctoral School opens, and King’s medals for researchers

ViewFinnish tuition fee plan under fire

New government faces criticism from universities over proposal to charge international students for education

ViewNorwegian Research Council appoints permanent board

Mandate of temporary board installed after last year’s financial turmoil is coming to an end

ViewNordic news roundup: 20-26 June

This week: Danish quantum technology, Swedish medical research and a supercomputer for Linköping

ViewDanish academics would be better off in private sector

Report urges more freedom for universities to set salaries and remain competitive

ViewNordic news roundup: 13-19 June

This week: Norway’s Unesco partnership, female PhDs in Sweden and a Danish cooperation for humanities

ViewNorwegian and Sami to become official campus languages

Government seeks to protect indigenous languages and stem the tide of university teaching in English

ViewFinnish universities reject tuition fees for international students

Proposal could be a “disaster” for internationalisation, student bodies and academics warn

ViewNorway’s universities struggle with data processing

Expert committee demands more guidance on use of personal data to track learning outcomes

ViewNordic news roundup: 6-12 June

This week: early career funding in Denmark, a Swedish-Norwegian publishing cooperation and a Finnish presidency

ViewR&D funding: Norway’s research catastrophe

A year after drastic changes to Norway’s beleaguered council, the country’s research community remains pessimistic