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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 25/08

EIC, Neth-ER, The Guild and Leru... these institutions host events from 25/08/2025. News Tank’s agenda aims to provide an overview of the events taking place in Europe’s higher education, research and innovation ecosystem. We focus on: • events taking place in Brussels or related to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 408778
• Published on 25/08/25 at 09:48
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Back from holiday? Catch up on the summer news, week by week

From the proposal for the partial suspension of Israel from Horizon Europe to the latest Shanghai ranking results, and the call for evidence on the European Research Area Act, the summer has been marked by significant developments in research and education. There have also been numerous key…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 408739
• Published on 25/08/25 at 08:00
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EAIE: President's Award to Allan Goodman for his "decades-long leadership and transformative impact"

"Receiving the EAIE President's Award is one of the highest honours of my career — and to receive it in Sweden feels like winning the Nobel Prize for International Education. This recognition would not be possible without the leadership, vision and dedication of EAIE and its remarkable members"…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Universities, …
• Article # 408625
• Published on 21/08/25 at 14:45
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U.S: Court order to restore suspended grants at UCLA; universities settling with the Trump administration

A federal judge orders the Trump administration to restore all suspended National Science Foundation grants at UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), representing more than a third of its grants (totalling $584 M) frozen in July, according to a ruling rendered on 12/08/2025. The…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 408388
• Published on 19/08/25 at 17:07
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Shanghai ranking 2025: Europe leading top 500 with most institutions, China leading top 1,000

The United States remains the country with the most universities in the top 500 of the Shanghai ranking, published on 15/08/2025. It is followed by China (103), the United Kingdom (37), Germany (35) and Australia (24). However, China has more institutions in the top 1,000 than the United…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Strategy
• Article # 408382
• Published on 19/08/25 at 11:16
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Helmholtz association (Germany): Sabine Helling-Moegen appointed Managing Director

Sabine Helling-Moegen is appointed as the new Managing Director of the Helmholtz association, following a unanimous decision made by the Members’ Assembly during a special session on 15/08/2025, as announced by the German organisation on 16/08/2025. She will assume the position on 01/11/2025…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 408345
• Published on 18/08/25 at 16:54
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Shanghai ranking 2025: Steady American podium led by Harvard, UK leading Europe followed by France

Harvard University tops the ranking list for the 23rd year, followed by Stanford and MIT, all American universities, according to the Shanghai Ranking amid the publication of its annual ranking of world universities on 15/08/2025. The American podium is followed by Cambridge (UK), Berkeley…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Strategy
• Article # 408222
• Published on 15/08/25 at 06:02
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UK: The Royal Society to move journals to full open access in 2026 through Subscribe to Open

"The Royal Society has agreed on plans that would make its journals fully open access in 2026 by adopting the ‘Subscribe to Open’ model", reports the British learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences on 06/08/2025. The society states that libraries subscribing to…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 408133
• Published on 14/08/25 at 17:22
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European Research Area Act : Call for evidence open until 10/09/2025

The European Commission launches a call for evidence for the upcoming European Research Area Act on 07/08/2025. The ERA Act, introduced by the Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I, Ekaterina Zaharieva, during her hearing at the European Parliament on 05/11/2024, is a policy framework, expected to…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 408017
• Published on 12/08/25 at 16:00
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Finland: 2026 budget proposal to cut funding for universities and abandon R&D funding increase

The University of Helsinki "strongly opposes" the proposed cut in universities' funding in the 2026 state budget proposal, published by the Finnish Ministry of Finance on 06/08/2025. The budget cuts represent "hundreds of millions in funding for universities, research and innovation. The…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 408076
• Published on 12/08/25 at 10:50