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Supported and co-funded by the European Commission (Marie Sklodowska-Curie) and other 40 partners, the University of Deusto opens the second and last call to recruit 8 researchers for three years.

“Whenever you hear environmental expert, think urban eco imperialist,” said Myron Ebell, speaking in Brussels. But his Trumpian message met stiff protests.

Maarten Marx, information scientist at the University of Amsterdam, has built a search engine for online news forum De Correspondent that makes it possible to search through motions made by parties in the Dutch parliament (Tweede Kamer). This allows voters to check which election promises were actually upheld by political parties.

Mikael Odenberg, the chair of the Karolinska Institutet board, writes in his blog today, 1 February, that the Election Committee will be consulting with the Consultative College on the proposal to put forward Ole Petter Ottersen’s name to the government for the position of vice-chancellor at Karolinska Institutet.

The Guild details nine key propositions for FP9 and argues for collaborative, fundamental research as the key priority, putting universities at the centre of a more open and inclusive R&I framework

Europe’s publicly-funded health systems have improved year on year for a decade, according to the European Consumer Health Index, published today. But there remain large variations and many opportunities to learn from the best performers

Danish pharmaceutical firm says it will invest £115M over the next decade in the latest signal that for now the UK’s advantages in discovery research in life sciences are outweighing concerns about Brexit

UK representation restored to EU Scientific Advice Mechanism

The peremptory announcement that the UK will withdraw from the EU Atomic Energy Community risks a talent drain and leaves unanswered questions over funding for nuclear science and the future of the Joint European Torus

The DEUSTO INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SCHOOL (DIRS) will open the second call to recruit 8 Marie Sklodowska-Curie researchers

Industry, academia and SMEs come together in EU-funded ‘Use-It-Wisely’ project to develop new business models and tools to respond to rapidly changing markets

Now the ball is rolling for KTH's investment in a training and collaboration model that aims at finding innovative solutions to global challenges.

Martin Ingvar has been appointed KI’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for coordinating issues concerning external collaboration. The position is a new one in the management organisation and the aim is to support the university’s efforts to attract donations.

Will research fare better if Scotland remains part of the UK, or does Brexit mean academics should change their spots and vote for an independent country if there is another referendum? Science|Business tests the mood

Commission says new guarantee scheme will unlock €220 million for 800 Finnish businesses

Research will support the modernisation and independence of Europe’s arms manufacturers, but the sensitive nature of the work means there will not be the usual oversight and scrutiny of the programme by experts or MEPs

A Portuguese researcher who has worked in the UK for more than 15 years gives her reaction to the prime minister’s plan for a clean break from the EU

While other industries have reinvented themselves around the consumer, in healthcare a huge gap exists between patients’ expectations and service delivery that is stuck in the past. Our healthcare systems should organise around the needs of the service user

Europe’s health technology assessment bodies want to know that products which show efficacy in clinical trials will work in their health systems. Companies are now required to collect real world evidence on patient outcomes says Mirella Marlow, Programme Director at NICE