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Downgrading Forskningsrådet’s size could lead to a lack of expertise and representation, group body warns

Change of rules means 30 per cent of students could lose right to accommodation

This week: Swedish development funding, a Danish research prize and international science in Finland

Researchers working on tech with military applications could be covertly tapped for information, report warns
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This week: a full Danish research reserve, hacking attacks in Sweden and art for society

Price hike comes as part of policy proposals in preparation for general election in April

Women are vastly underrepresented in media commentary, which can impact their careers, study finds

Women are vastly underrepresented in media commentary, which can impact their careers, study finds

This week: board additions at Forska!Sverige, Finnish student aid repayments and an Arctic cooperation

Swedish residence permit process takes too long and is too cumbersome, union warns

Proposal pitches over a billion in investment to stop Troll station from being closed down

This week: Swedish synchrotron PhDs, Danish defence collaboration and Russian students in Finland

This week: academic freedom in Sweden, Finnish pay rises and honours for top scientists

Half of those affected said a person in power told them to share publication credits

Number increases to almost half among international students, statistics report finds

This week: Danish holiday cancellations, layoffs at Tampere and controversy over an internship refusal

Smaller number of board members hoped to reduce complexity and improve accountability

Helsinki is biggest winner in push to define research profiles and boost international competitiveness

Process hoped to help small institutions issue PhDs and simplify bureaucracy

Cybersecurity problems are forcing Nordic countries to review how they handle research data

This week: a deal with MIT, sport science rankings and record application numbers at Helsinki

Minister warns that country lacks “driving force” in this field, creating vulnerabilities

Government proposals to cut student grants and master’s education face fierce opposition

This week: Forskningsrådet board stays longer, Karolinska launches nutrition centre and Finland issues wind permits

Non-Danes could remedy scarcity of highly trained labour, society points out

More rented campus accommodation hoped to secure competitiveness as research nation

This week: drop in Norwegian R&D share, Stavanger’s latest partnership and Finnish open access

Minister offers one-off grant to prevent further cuts at financially imperiled Forskningsrådet

Academics plead to spare soft sciences from proposed reductions in per-student support

This week: the incoming SULF leader, longer visas in Finland and funds for children’s research

Pandemic contributed to highest trust levels ever, with half of Finns calling for funding increase

This week: funding cuts for Khrono, a subsurface winner and support for mid-career scientists

But Swedish academics maintain that lack of funding for diverse events is the real problem

University says revisions will provide “safe and good” framework to protect academics who face abuse

This week: Finnish micro-entrepreneurship, a Danish board member vacancy and sustainable ICT

This week: a Norwegian ERC leader, Swedish health research spending and green projects in Denmark

Report shows evidence of discrimination and lack of diversity in country’s higher education institutions