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ViewSwitzerland launches personal open-access checker

Researchers can enter their name to check the openness of their journal publications

ViewSwiss and UK supercomputers join Covid-19 consortium

Countries pledge computing power for coronavirus research

ViewElsevier and Swiss universities agree pilot read-and-publish deal

Four-year deal hailed by consortium as ‘big step’ toward full open access by 2024

ViewSwitzerland preparing to participate in Horizon Europe

Government has requested the funds to maintain access to EU R&D programme

ViewPortuguese universities told to resume face-to-face activity

Government urges higher education to begin preparing for autumn semester

ViewSeeking independence

A definition of academic freedom awaits approval by countries with widely differing approaches to liberty

ViewCourt ruling deals blow to Croatia’s research ethics body

National ethics committee for science and higher education cannot issue opinions on individual misconduct

ViewFormer EU research leaders condemn ‘power grab’ in Hungary

Carlos Moedas and Jean-Pierre Bourguignon denounce emergency powers granted to Hungarian executive

ViewShifting of EU regional funds to tackle Covid-19 approved

Proposal has been signed off, and regional authorities are already making plans

ViewLeading Swiss research institute joins SKA Organisation

EPFL formally joins organisation building a planet-spanning radio telescope

ViewSpringer Nature agrees draft deal with Swiss universities

Company has now agreed 11 national read-and-publish deals

ViewBillions in regional funds could be moved from R&D to Covid-19

Up to €60 billion targeted, of which 30 per cent might have gone to innovation

ViewPandemic-induced EU budget change ‘must prioritise research’

Concern that changes to EU’s 2021-27 budget could involve cuts

ViewCroatian research institutions put out of action by earthquake

University of Zagreb among the institutions affected

ViewEU to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia

Move hailed for ‘loud and clear’ message that countries will join the bloc

ViewCroatia’s academic research network hit by cyberattack

Distributed denial-of-service attack overwhelms intranet

ViewSerbia kicked out of academic standards body

Fledgling quality controller loses membership of European quality assurance cooperation body

ViewTeaching at Austrian universities halted over coronavirus

University events also restricted in raft of new measures

ViewCEU still shifting to Vienna despite top judge’s backing

Judge indicates Hungarian law was ‘means of arbitrary discrimination’ against Central European University

ViewSwiss funding on course for 2% annual rise

Funding request does not cover Horizon Europe, as scope for participation is ‘currently unknown’

ViewFormer EU commissioner wants science role under Orbán

Günther Oettinger criticised for ‘lending credibility to a regime...attacking the independence of science’

ViewEU struggling to stimulate industry R&D, Commission says

Several countries found to be making ‘limited progress’ on R&D focus of economic policies

ViewCentral European partnership opens first funding call

Researchers can apply for funding of bilateral and trilateral projects under Central European Science Partnership

ViewPoor definition of ‘disadvantage’ undermining Erasmus+ scheme

Disadvantaged students from Erasmus+ partner countries could be missing out, study finds

ViewStudent union protests endless mandates for Romanian rectors

Union warns against ‘university totalitarianism’ if proposed law on rector terms passes

ViewSuspicions raised over repeated scrapping of top research award

Suggestions North Macedonia’s relations with neighbouring Bulgaria could be a factor

ViewCroatia’s science foundation accused of cyberbullying

Foundation reprimands researcher who reported bullying

ViewSpanish government coordinates science and university ministries

New coordination body to be formed within three months

ViewAustrian universities get €50m in digitisation drive

Government said aim is to drive improvements across the higher education system

ViewEU bank providing €100m to Galician universities

Investment is intended to drive growth and protect jobs