Ottawa’s new policy creates the West’s most detailed - and public - security procedures for grant applicants, potentially affecting ‘everything under the sun.’ Universities are studying the likely impact
A COVID-19 testing laboratory that is surplus to requirements has been put up for sale by the UK government. Like other redundant research facilities before it, there is now an opportunity to build the local life sciences ecosystem
Europe remains ‘fairly open’ but there is a feeling that ‘things could get much more closed’, says Thomas Jørgensen of the European University Association
This year is a milestone for the EU’s Widening measures, marking 10 years since they were first introduced under Horizon 2020. We dive into the data to paint a picture of progress made since then. We also look at the pressure Romania is coming under to merge universities in a bid to boost their standing in international rankings, at the formation of a digital innovation club by Germany and the Baltic states, and how the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's new hub in Kyiv hopes to help re-build the country’s start-up ecosystem.
Merging institutions can bring economies of scale, strengthening finances and research - and attracting staff and students. But vested interests often block this route to moving up the league tables
Phages that kill bacteria are seen as a possible solution to the waning power of antibiotics. But research funding is lacking and existing routes to approval and commercialisation are not suitable for these therapies, say UK MPs
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