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Budget cuts, DEI erasure, antisemitism investigations: Research and education under Trump's presidency

2025 started with a major political change across the Atlantic: the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, for his second administration, on 20/01/2025. News Tank offers a selection of articles reporting on certain decisions made by the presidential administration…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 408289
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"Rebuild collaborations", "learning to be an associated member": UUKi delegation's tour of Europe in 2025

Universities UK (UKK), the collective voice of 141 British universities, sent its international branch (UUKi) on a tour of European partners, which concluded on 14/05/2025 in Berlin (Germany). News Tank followed the organisation on this journey. Their tour started in October 2024 with a first…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 408283
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A tour of European, national and institutional initiatives to attract international researchers in 2025

The first half of 2025 saw an increasing awareness of researchers and higher education professionals impacted by geopolitical or political situations in the world (the second Trump administration in the U.S., with its reforms and budget cuts, as well as conflicts in Ukraine and Palestine, for…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 408233
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Three academics on the future of higher education and research in the U.S.: "We are all worried"

"We are all worried about the future of higher education and research in the U.S. We all know, including the current administration, that the best universities are incubators for research discoveries that fuel the U.S. economy, that research universities work with businesses to create new…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 408730
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African Research University Alliance: “We want to be the African Union’s knowledge hub” (J. Gyapong)

"We want to become the knowledge hub for the African Union, so that when the African Union needs information, it refers to us", states John Gyapong, Secretary General of the African Research University Alliance (Arua), to News Tank on 30/06/2025. The organisation that regroups 23 universities…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 408850
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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