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🚨 [Agenda] HEI conferences and events in Europe from 07/04

Eurasia’s Higher Education Summit, the Cyprus Institute, the Coimbra Group and other organisations are hosting events starting this week. 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: …

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 436770
• Published on 07/04/26 at 09:10

International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - n°18

Canada's Auditor General criticises the International Student Programme; Cambodia accelerates R&D and AI initiatives to drive innovation-led growth; Egypt unveils a global expansion plan for its top universities; Australia accelerates Horizon Europe association talks; and a US affirmative- action…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 435875
• Published on 03/04/26 at 18:00

€118 million awarded to 30 breakthrough research projects under 2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges

The European Innovation Council (EIC) has selected 30 new projects under the 2025 EIC Pathfinder Challenges Call for cutting-edge research projects, it announced on 01/04/2026. The projects deliver breakthroughs in four strategic areas: • Biotech for climate resilient crops and plant-based…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Funding, …
• Article # 436752
• Published on 03/04/26 at 17:23
• Updated on 28/04/26 at 10:41

EUNICoast alliance manager says capacity-building programme delivers tangible results

The EUNICoast alliance manager has said that their capacity-building programme has already delivered tangible results and that the momentum should be maintained. Petra Frent, EUNICoast alliance manager, said in an interview with News Tank on 30/03/2026: "Although it is still too early to speak…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, European commission, Universities, …
• Article # 436128
• Published on 03/04/26 at 13:06

German research foundation DFG calls for enhanced safeguarding of research data

An ad-hoc working group of the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) presented a paper calling for the improved protection of research data infrastructures on 31/03/2026. The paper, titled “Recommendations on the Resilience of Research Data Infrastructures”, notes that scientific data…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Digital, Infrastructures, …
• Article # 436587
• Published on 03/04/26 at 11:31

Cambridge University to establish new school for "global problems" with £190m donation

The University of Cambridge (UK) will open a new school, named Rokos School of Government, "to prepare tomorrow’s leaders to tackle the world’s biggest problems". It will be named after Chris Rokos, a UK billionaire who recently donated £190 million (€217.63m) to the university, the institution…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Universities, Funding, PhD, …
• Article # 436534
• Published on 02/04/26 at 15:57

Coimbra Group launches 2026 Scholarship Programme for early-career professors and researchers

The Coimbra Group has launched its 2026 Scholarship Programme for early-career professors and researchers for short research stays in Europe. The programme offers 74 scholarships to young academics from the European neighbourhood (the EU's southern and eastern neighbours: Algeria, Egypt…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 436422
• Published on 02/04/26 at 14:37

Tony Hyman appointed director general of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Tony Hyman took up office as director general of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) on 31/03/2026, the laboratory has announced. Hyman is a distinguished molecular biologist and former EMBL group leader. He is also a founding director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Council, Careers, Open Science
• Article # 436504
• Published on 02/04/26 at 11:11

Bremen University vice-president appointed to German advisory board on early-career researchers

Mandy Boehnke, vice president for international affairs, academic qualification and diversity at the University of Bremen in north Germany, has been appointed to a German academic advisory board helping to draft a National Report on Early Career Researchers (BuWiK), the university announced on…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): State, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 436349
• Published on 02/04/26 at 10:51

Cesaer university group publishes method for dealing with dual-use technology research

Cesaer, an association of over 50 European science and technology universities, has set out a way to classify dual-use research that aims to protect institutional autonomy and scientific excellence. The approach, which Cesaer published in a note on 26/03/2026, says that the EU should use two…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): European commission, Universities, Deeptech, …
• Article # 436234
• Published on 01/04/26 at 15:32