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ViewEIB backs Greek expansion

European Investment Bank agrees €24 million in first loan to National Centre for Scientific Research

ViewTurkey: Alternative academies

Dismissal, exile and imprisonment drove Turkish researchers to build their own academies

ViewSalaries ‘not enough’ to stop brain drain

EU looks at pay to address hot-button issue, but some warn work environment more important

ViewProminent sociologist appointed Spain’s universities minister

Manuel Castells tasked with increasing access to Spanish higher education

ViewSpain’s new government promises to raise R&D spending

Left-wing coalition pledges to improve researchers’ working conditions and spend more on R&D

ViewFassmann returns to Austrian research ministry

Returning minister Heinz Fassmann hailed for his experience

ViewChinese university to open Budapest campus

Hungarian government says move could spur further investment from China

ViewEastern European countries plan closer research ties

Increased participation in EU R&D programme one aim of Central European Initiative

ViewSwiss Young Academy founded

Association will support and lobby for young researchers

ViewPoland: Poles apart

Decades after the fall of the Iron Curtain, is Poland’s research finally starting to look...

ViewResearchers downbeat about Madrid climate conference

City stepped in to host UN event after deadly protests in Chile forced relocation

ViewPolish academics fret over funding and freedom after Law and Justice victory

Right-wing ruling party secures four more years in power, and promises controversy

ViewPoland bags €305m for research

National centres in Warsaw and Krakow to benefit from EU loan

View‘Space nation’ reveals plan for global university

Self-proclaimed Asgardian nation says investment in science is also on the agenda

ViewSpanish researchers demand funding boost

Rally planned ahead of November general election

ViewSwiss academics remain optimistic about Horizon Europe participation

Senior Swiss academics are positive about the country’s prospects for participating in Horizon Europe, even...

ViewSpain boosting transparency of animal research, study finds

All 140 of the Spanish biomedical institutions that signed a 2016 transparency agreement on their...

ViewNordic news roundup: 14-20 September

The latest news in Nordic research policy and funding, covering over-complicated Norwegian higher education laws...

ViewUniversities alarmed over social sciences ‘taximeter’ cuts

Academic teaching of humanities and social science at Danish universities could be cut down severely...

ViewResearch!Sweden slams low-detail budget bill

Group representing medical scientists and academics laments lack of explicit research funding measures

ViewSwiss academy moots open-access fund for social sciences

Switzerland should set up a fund to support 15-20 open-access academic journals in the humanities...

ViewEstonia debates future of research and education funding

The Estonian government says it shares concerns raised by students over low levels of funding...

ViewChanges to admissions system ‘may hamper social mobility’

Revisions to Denmark’s university admissions system—including a greater focus on interviews—could favour the children of...

ViewNordic news roundup: 7-13 September

The latest news in Nordic research policy and funding, covering a resignation at Karolinska, Danish...

ViewResearch Sweden demands bigger medical budget

Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd, secretary-general of the lobby group Research Sweden, has called on the country’s...

ViewAttract more teachers to science grants scheme, foundation told

A review of the Initiation Grants offered by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in...

ViewNordic news roundup: 31 August-6 September

The latest news in Nordic research policy and funding, covering a Danish-American collaboration, Norway’s struggle...

ViewProfessor slams council’s ‘naive’ gender equality guidelines

The Research Council of Norway’s gender equality efforts are “naive” and place the onus on...

ViewFunding boost for Spanish language academy

The Spanish government has announced a dramatic budget increase for the Royal Spanish Academy, which...

ViewDirector urges better protection of research integrity

Researchers need to be warier of external influences on academic research, the Young Academy of...