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2025 "Year of catastrophe" for US higher education as censorship reaches unprecedented heights

The last twelve months have been a "year of catastrophe" for freedom of speech at colleges and universities in the US, according to a report released by PEN America, a non-profit organisation advocating for free expression. The report, titled "America’s Censored Campuses 2025: Expanding the Web…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 426787
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:33
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MEP warns of dangers that rules for research for dual-use goods will distort EU's priorities

The MEP drafting the Parliament's opinion on the Horizon Europe programme for 2028-2034 has warned that the EU's current focus on defence could distort research activities, especially if military research rules were applied to civilian projects. René Repasi, a German centre-left MEP, speaking…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 426766
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:22
©  D.R.
Leading research voices call for separate EU regulation on academic freedom

Stakeholders from the research sector, including a leading MEP and head of a major university association, have called for specific EU legal protection of academic freedom. During a debate on academic freedom held at the European Parliament on 13/01/2026, Kurt Deketelaere, Secretary General of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Council, …
• Article # 426697
• Published on 16/01/26 at 17:07
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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr.8

Protests over Iran’s economic crisis have spread to university campuses; the United States health research agency has agreed to review delayed scientific grant applications; the University of Technology Sydney is facing a crisis after a union-led no-confidence motion against its vice-chancellor…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 425859
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:52
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EU revises rules to boost deployment of AI Gigafactories

The Council of the EU has approved changes to the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) rules to allow the setting up of AI Gigafactories and to include quantum technologies. The changes, which were approved by the Council on 16/01/2026, allow for the development…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Council, European commission, …
• Article # 426774
• Published on 16/01/26 at 16:35
©  Gaetano Maccri
Ice Memory Foundation: European research organisations open sanctuary storing ice cores in Antarctica

The Ice Memory Foundation has opened the first-ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores at Concordia Station in Antarctica, it announced on 14/01/2026. These climate archives are "safely stored in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C, designed to preserve ice for future generations of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, …
• Article # 426706
• Published on 16/01/26 at 15:55
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European universities adapt to new era: EUA-CDE survey reveals resilience amid geopolitical and AI shifts

A report from the European University Association Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE), published on 15/01/2026, highlights how Europe’s higher education sector is navigating a "dynamic and potentially challenging policy environment" shaped by rapid technological acceleration and shifting…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 426565
• Published on 15/01/26 at 16:49
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European Commission opens calls for €307 million in funding for AI and data projects

The European Commission has launched two calls for projects with funding of €307.3 million under the "Digital, Industry and Space" cluster of the Horizon Europe work programme. For the calls, which were announced on 15/01/2026, the Commission is allocating €221.8 million for an initiative to…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Digital, …
• Article # 426546
• Published on 15/01/26 at 13:44
©  Stockholm Environment Institute
Senior US scientist says Trump withdrawal from research bodies will deter knowledge of global problems

A senior US researcher has said the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from international research programmes was an attempt to eliminate understanding of global problems like climate change. Ed Carr, Centre Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute in the United States, an…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 426377
• Published on 15/01/26 at 11:48
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Montréal University says French students are still welcome despite quotas on international admissions

The University of Montréal wants to reassure French and other international students that the government's decision to cap international admissions for Canadian universities will not affect their opportunity to study in Québec. The largest university in Québec (the French-speaking region of…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), State, …
• Article # 426358
• Published on 14/01/26 at 17:24