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ViewEU launches growth fund to support ‘tech champions’

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

ViewUnion demands financial relief packages

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 8-14 February

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

ViewGerman, Austrian academies define political role of science

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

ViewEngineers call for more nuclear-waste research

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 1-7 February

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

ViewGermany tops latest ERC Consolidator Grant round

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

ViewAdvisory body slams over-reliance on project funding

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

ViewTenure-track analysis launched

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 25-31 January

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

ViewGerman funders lobby EU for better GMO laws

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

ViewUnions demand end to student ‘exploitation’

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 18-24 January

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

ViewScientists slam evictions at coalmine climate protest

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

ViewWarning over German research with Chinese military

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 11-17 January

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 14 December to 10 January

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

ViewFunders bemoan piecemeal approach to sustainability

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

ViewInflation nation

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

ViewDFG takes ‘step in right direction’ with new open-access policy

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

ViewClimate replaces health as Germany’s top research concern

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

ViewDFG reprimands researcher over lack of supervision

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 7-13 December

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

ViewDAAD welcomes plan to simplify student immigration

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

ViewUniversities demand energy relief as Bochum freezes hiring

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 30 November to 6 December

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

ViewGermany news roundup: 23-29 November

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

ViewLeibnitz commits to more transparency

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

ViewRectors concerned over Germany’s slow gender progress

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

ViewBudget committee reverses planned cuts for foundations

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