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Exclusive Clock ticking for Horizon Europe 2028 start, Zaharieva calls for “plan A” thinking

European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva has insisted on staying positive about the timeline for the next Horizon Europe programme and on sticking to "plan A". In an interview with News Tank on 11/09/2026, the Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I said "time is of the essence," calling for the…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Council, …
• Article # 453896
• Published on 17/09/26 at 17:51

Global academic freedom faces severe multi-front crisis, Scholars at Risk's report finds

Universities worldwide are facing an unprecedented combination of violent state repression, legislative interference and targeted harassment, according to the annual Free to Think 2026 report released by the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Academic Freedom Monitoring Project. The report, published on…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Funding, …
• Article # 453809
• Published on 17/09/26 at 10:52

Commission report finds open access policies advance unevenly across EU

A report commissioned by the European Commission has shown that progress has been made, albeit unevenly, on open access policies for research publications and data within the EU. The document, published on 15/09/2026, stated that the implementation of open access, based on the principle that…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 453812
• Published on 16/09/26 at 17:49

MIT Sloan tops QS Global MBA Rankings 2027, Cambridge Judge Business School is first in Europe

MIT Sloan, the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has climbed three places and now tops the QS Global MBA Rankings 2027. There have been many changes in the top 10 of the ranking published on 16/09/2026 by Quacquarelli Symonds. Whilst Harvard has retained its…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Universities, …
• Article # 453787
• Published on 16/09/26 at 17:01

Finnish Rectors ask political parties how they will safeguard academic freedom ahead of elections

Ahead of the parliamentary elections in spring 2027, the Rectors' Conference of Finnish Universities (UNIFI) is asking candidates to explain how they will defend the freedom and independence of research, secure long-term funding for research and strengthen the role of research-based knowledge in…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 453785
• Published on 16/09/26 at 16:51

STEM shortfall in Europe: EAIE participants say alliances can help talent circulation and retention

Representatives of European university alliances and the European Commission gathered at the EAIE conference, taking place from 08 to 11/09/2026 in Glasgow (Scotland), to discuss the critical challenge of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) talent retention in Europe and how…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, European commission, …
• Article # 453613
• Published on 16/09/26 at 16:03

Von der Leyen says EU budget must be backed by new own resources

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has stressed that the budget is about Europe’s future, adding that any modern budget needs new sources of revenue at the EU level. Von der Leyen gave her annual "State of the Union" speech before the Parliament in Strasbourg on…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Parliament, …
• Article # 453703
• Published on 16/09/26 at 13:49

Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2026: Chinese institutions edge closer to US universities

Universities from the United States have maintained their positions as leading academic institutions in 27 subjects out of 57 in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2026, the same as in 2025. They are followed by mainland China, which tops 22 subjects, one more than in 2025. China-Hong…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, State, Universities, …
• Article # 453522
• Published on 15/09/26 at 16:00

EAIC states AI is a tool, not a shortcut to securing innovation funding

The European Association of Innovation Consultants (EAIC) has stressed that artificial intelligence should be seen as a tool for improving administrative efficiency, rather than as a shortcut to securing funding. On 09/09/2026, the EAIC published a position paper analysing the impact of AI on…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , Companies, …
• Article # 453559
• Published on 15/09/26 at 14:58

EIC Board urges for clarifications in Horizon Europe proposal

The European Innovation Council (EIC) Board has urged the European Parliament and the Council to clarify the new elements of the Horizon Europe 2028-2034 proposal to prevent them from weakening the EIC’s future impact. The EIC Board published a statement on the Horizon Europe (2028-34…

Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 453519
• Published on 15/09/26 at 12:25