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Applications from court sentencing to conservation are being explored
Politics and interest groups are trumping science in biodiversity battle, researchers find
This week: an Endeavour extension, Horizon Europe access and struggling museums
Formal briefing outlines cost pressures on New Zealand’s higher education sector
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Researchers can now apply to lead consortia under R&D programme’s second pillar
State of emergency sends staff and students home from universities
This week: Tertiary Education Union priorities, RNA advances and synthetic biology
Consultation paper on New Zealand’s Performance-Based Research Fund outlines changes to evidence portfolios
New Zealand government to provide NZ$10 million a year to develop Māori engagement with science
This week: Covid underreporting, Chinese students, abusive messages and a new vice-chancellor
Reports from land and biological heritage challenges emphasise achievements of New Zealand research networks
New prime minister announces ministerial changes, with Ayesha Verrall retaining the science and research portfolio
This week: Antarctic research, Covid impacts and light pollution
Goals and operation for next 20 years under review
Issues with national database of research and expertise “require additional time to address”
This week: narrative CVs, a wildlife AI app and a court order on redundancies
Chris Hipkins to be formally sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister this week
Outgoing Universities New Zealand chair calls for more recognition of higher education’s “crucial role”
This week: tributes to a late academic, R&D tax breaks and a health council rejig
Ministry of Health promises changes after trials system slammed
This week: gender pay gaps and health research projects
Auckland University of Technology withdraws redundancy notices after ruling by New Zealand’s Employment Relations Authority
Māori astronomy researcher honoured alongside Covid-19 experts and many others
Opportunities for collaboration welcomed but Horizon Europe should be even more open, groups say
First ever distant country to agree association to EU R&D programme will join second pillar
Implementation of government’s research white paper will take years without concrete proposals, science association says
This week: the incoming Marsden chair, top research awards and New Zealand’s Covid-19 inquiry
National poll shows high levels of concern about policies and planning among New Zealanders
This week: open-access health research, collaboration with Vietnam and a climate action centre
White paper on New Zealand’s research system proposes to reduce predominance of competitive grants
Healthcare improvements must include better attitudes to Māori patients from academics and clinics, leaders say
New Zealand’s national science funding programme opens up to “narrative CVs” to increase diversity
This week: R&D spending hikes, international education and longer strikes at Auckland University
But some demand immediate free publication without current 12-month embargo
All new research funded by innovation and employment ministry to be made freely available
This week: an observatory closure, a spate of research prizes and Vietnam student exchange
National study shows some fields are falling behind internationally due to shrinking staff numbers