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©  Steve Bates

UK Office for Life Sciences: Steve Bates appointed new Executive Chair

Steve Bates is appointed Executive Chair of the British Office for Life Sciences "to help champion research and innovation and the use of technology to transform health and grow the UK economy", says the UK government on 22/07/2025. "The Office for Life Sciences (OLS) will report directly to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 407377
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©  University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge (UK): Chris Smith elected new Chancellor

Chris Smith, outgoing Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, becomes the 109th Chancellor and will hold the office for ten years, announces the British university on 23/07/2025. He succeeds David Sainsbury, Chancellor since 2011, who chose to step down at 84 years old. His election follows a…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Strategy
• Article # 407349
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©  Gerd Altmann

12 institutions earning AACSB initial business accreditation

12 institutions earn initial business accreditation from AACSB, recognising "excellence and the highest of standards in business education with a demonstrated focus on quality in teaching, research, curriculum development, and student learning", announces AACSB on 29/07/2025. The 12…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Universities, …
• Article # 407337
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Horizon Europe: partial suspension of Israel’s participation by excluding entities from EIC Accelerator

The European Commission proposes to partially suspend Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe by excluding Israeli entities from EIC Accelerator-funded activities, which support start-ups and small businesses developing technologies with potential dual-use applications such as cybersecurity…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 407119
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©  Wavebreak Media LTD

Business schools: Policy shifts are undermining international student mobility (AACSB survey)

"Institutions impacted by recent policy changes anticipate an average 16% drop in international student enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year. Meanwhile, schools in countries without such restrictions expect enrollment to increase by as much as 10%, highlighting how national policy environments…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Business schools, State, …
• Article # 406933
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©  D.R.

Innovation Scoreboard 2025: Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index; Sweden is the EU leader

Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index in 2025, as it has done since 2010, according to the 2025 edition of the Innovation Scoreboard, published by the European Commission on 15/07/2025. The country score is 139.8 % (calculated for the eight years between 2018 and 2025 compared to the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 406789
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©  Columbia University

Columbia University to pay $221 M to the U.S. government to settle federal feud and restore funding

"Columbia University has reached an agreement with the United States government to resolve multiple federal agency investigations into alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws. As part of the resolution, Columbia will pay a $200 M settlement over three years to the federal…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 406717
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Improving diversity in U.S. universities: Targeting individual bias "hasn't been working" (F. Dobbin)

"It's clear that trying to target individual bias and make that the problem hasn't been working to improve diversity. But unfortunately, those are the practices that all of the universities have, and the things that do work are relatively rare", says Frank Dobbin, Professor of sociology at Harvard…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 405670
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UK: £2 Bn Investment to expand AI research and compute capacity

The British Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are launching a compute roadmap, with potential benefits including quicker health diagnoses, smarter energy supplies, tackling climate change, and improved public service delivery, announces UKRI on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 406467
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Utrecht University (The Netherlands): Hans Brug appointed President as of November 2025

"The Supervisory Board of Utrecht University has appointed Johannes (Hans) Brug as the new President of the Executive Board with effect from 01/01/2026. He will succeed Anton Pijpers, who will retire after his second term as President ends on 01/11/2025", announces the Dutch university on…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Strategy
• Article # 406517
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