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Red tape and silo thinking stymieing German scientific research, warns expert commission report

Academic staff representatives go head to head with government over employment reform

This week: inflation handout delays, more student startups and a looming nuclear threat

Policy-setting paper reveals national research focus on alternative energy sources, space travel and social resilience
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This week: a social innovations programme, fungal research, and efforts to reduce animal experiments

Solidarity with war-torn country must be expressed through funding and action, says German exchange service

Catholic leader spoke with Max Planck Society president about tackling global challenges

European Investment Bank and member states commit €3.75 billion for ‘fund of funds’

Germany’s universities and students must be protected from cost of living crisis, urges GEW

This week: a study on chatbots, clusters of excellence and honours for Ukraine support group

Top scientists clarify how knowledge should inform policies in series of Vienna Theses

German exit from nuclear power must not lead to loss of knowledge, academy warns

This week: hydrogen research fellowships, Earth system science and a high-profile departure at Robert Koch

Funder allocates 62 awards to German hosts, 45 to the UK and 41 to France

Science council urges structural rethink to future-proof German research financing

Young academics use data set to check government promise to create more long-term jobs

This week: pension gaps, a quantum computing network and concerns over “helpless” teacher shortage response

Current legislation hinders research on climate-resilient plants and could damage European competitiveness, they warn

Chain contracts force Germany’s student employees into weeks of unpaid labour, study shows

This week: data theft in Duisburg, human remains in Berlin and opposition to qualification weakening

Forced removal of activists would undermine “credibility” of Germany’s climate policies, academics warn

“Alarmingly widespread” collaborations may have used public funding in contravention of guidelines, report warns

This week: anti-harassment protests in Cologne, a health czar resignation and scholarships for Afghan students

This week: record international student numbers, the Excellence Strategy and funds for threatened scientists

Stifterverband report highlights room for improvement in German universities’ strategies to become environmentally friendly

The rising cost of everything—including living, tuition and equipment—dominates German academia

German funder asks authors to make part of grant reports available in open-access repositories

Trust in science remains high and increases with education, Science Barometer shows

Ruling slams group head and co-author for failure to spot manipulated data before article publication

This week: research quality prize, a campus occupation in Frankfurt and education spending

Position paper promises smoother student visa process, says German academic exchange provider

Cost of living crisis is wrecking budgets, warns association of German higher education institutions

This week: funders start consulting service, student numbers drop and government backs student energy support

This week: public research questions, new fuel for a reactor and energy price alleviations

Science should be “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”, says collection of institutes

Too few women make it to top career levels, and progress is stagnating, HRK warns

Humboldt Foundation and DAAD express relief over U-turn, guaranteeing tens of millions