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U.S: Resignation of Trump-appointed Director of the National Science Foundation amid budget cuts

Sethuraman Panchanathan, appointed as director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) by President Donald Trump in 2020, resigns from his position on 24/04/2025. Brian Stone, the director’s chief of staff, will lead the agency on an interim basis. "I believe I have done all I can to advance…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Funding, …
• Article # 396631
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"A timely call for more and better investment in citizens’ skills and competencies" (EUA)

"This is a timely call for more and better investment in citizens’ skills and competencies, as well as dialogue and collaboration involving all stakeholders relevant to Europe’s skills and education needs", states the EUA in its Response to the European Commission’s Communication on the Union of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , European commission, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 396580
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 28/04/2025

ASTP-EU, Taso, U15 Canada,... these institutions host events from 28/04/2025. 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 European…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 396439
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Exclusive French Ministry of Higher Education's initiative to create a European Doctorate Day from 2026

An initiative is launched by the French Ministry for Higher Education and Research to gather support for the creation of a European Doctoral Day, News Tank learns on 22/04/2025. "This questionnaire aims to collect expressions of support for this initiative to start procedures with the European…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 396155
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U.S universities organising against Trump's actions; Harvard University suing the administration

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education", declares the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in 'A Call…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 395972
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39 European research entities calling for an independent, standalone EU R&I Framework Programme

"We strongly believe that a dedicated budget and an independent programme (...) are indispensable for the European R&I agenda. Science must serve as a unifying force, not a source of division. It is a cornerstone of Europe’s prosperity, resilience, and the long-term sustainability of its economic…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Companies, …
• Article # 395866
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ERA Dashboard and Scoreboard 2025: substantial progress but a need for more investment in R&I

"The EU and the member states have made substantial progress from 2010 to 2022 in key research and innovation areas across the EU, according to the European Research Area (ERA) Scoreboard and Dashboard 2024", published on 15/04/2025, says the European Commission on the same day. These documents…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Funding, …
• Article # 395752
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 21/04/2025

Taso, Inspire Europe, the European Commission,... these institutions host events from 21/04/2025. 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…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 395747
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Citizen science: Major opportunities to advance science but growing challenges (OECD policy paper)

"The opportunities and challenges for citizen science can be expected to become more pronounced in the near future, and cultural shifts and institutional support are required to sustain and advance citizen science practices", states the OECD's 'Embedding citizen science into research policy…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 395535
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