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US White House releases 2027 budget proposal with drastic funding cuts to scientific research

The United States White House has released a 2027 budget proposal that suggests drastic funding reductions across several major federal scientific institutions. The budget, published on 04/04/2026, proposes double-digit cuts to nearly every major federal research agency. Key proposed reductions…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): State, Funding, Policy
• Article # 437607
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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - n°19

Australia’s new tertiary education authority gains parliamentary approval; a financial scandal hits South Africa’s education authority, triggering a criminal investigation; Japan reaches its internationalisation target eight years ahead of schedule. Welcome to the new edition of News Tank…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 436792
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Commission opens 2026 call for €399m for MSCA postdoctoral fellowships

The European Commission has opened the 2026 call for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) postdoctoral fellowships, with a budget of €399.05 million. The fellowships support researchers holding a PhD to carry out their research activities abroad and acquire new skills in different…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 437301
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Police raid on University of Belgrade prompts protest, concern over academic freedom

The Criminal Police Directorate (UKP) of the Serbian Ministry of Interior searched the premises of the rectorate of the University of Belgrade on 31/03/2026, prompting protests from students and citizens. The search, during which documents and computers were seized, comes after the body of a…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 437287
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French business school Neoma signs new partnership with Canadian McGill University

Neoma Business School from France has signed a new partnership with Canada's McGill University for student mobility: six Neoma students will be able to attend McGill University for one semester starting in September 2026. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 08/04/2026 in Montréal…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, State, …
• Article # 437246
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HRK joins with five EU counterparts to call for "significant expansion" of EU R&D and higher education

The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) and its Belgian, French, Dutch, Polish and Spanish counterparts have issued a joint call to their governments and the European Commission to “significantly expand” European cooperation in research and higher education and to provide adequate funding to do so…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 437195
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US federal judge orders Penn university to provide information on campus Jewish community

A United States federal judge, Gerald Pappert, ordered the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) to comply with a federal subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) seeking information about Jewish students, faculty and campus groups on 31/03/2026. The order is the…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Policy, …
• Article # 437237
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Senegal: Government and students enter "time of dialogue" following death during campus protests

On 09/02/2026, Abdoulaye Ba, a student of dental medicine at the Cheikh Anta Dip university (UCAD) in Dakar, Senegal, died falling from a window, to avoid a fire that broke out during a police intervention on the student dormitories of his university. His death has emboldened the student protest…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, State, Universities
• Article # 437174
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EARTO sets out recommendations for managing Horizon Europe and European Competitiveness Fund

EARTO, the European association of research and technology organisations, has set out its recommendations for how the EU’s Horizon Europe research fund and the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) should be managed in 2028-2034. The recommendations, which are set out in a paper published on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 437109
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NWO executive board member to stand down, move to new position

Antal van den Bosch, a member of the executive board of the Dutch Research Council (NWO), has announced he is stepping down from the board and as chair of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SGW) domain board this summer. He will take up a new position as vice-dean for research and impact. His…
Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 436977
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