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EU 2026 Spring Package: Commission sounds alarm on R&D investment gap and STEM shortages

The European Commission’s 2026 European Semester Spring Package has issued a warning regarding the Union’s standing in the global innovation race, calling for an urgent intensification of research and development (R&D) investment and a transformation of the higher education landscape to meet…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Funding, …
• Article # 443646
• Published on 05/06/26 at 15:39
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European Commission adopts Ocean Eye initiative to expand EU's role in ocean observation

The European Commission has adopted the Ocean Eye initiative, which aims to expand the EU's role in ocean observation through investments of €92 million from the Horizon Europe programme. The Commission adopted the initiative on 03/06/2026, but Commission President Ursula von der Leyen launched…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Funding, …
• Article # 443648
• Published on 05/06/26 at 15:17
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International News - Around the World in Higher Education and Research, by News Tank Academic - Nr.27

Harvard graduate student workers have ended a 40-day strike without a contract ; Canada has slipped slightly in global university rankings amid calls for careful interpretation ; Students in New Zealand are protesting the scrapping of fees-free study ; Singapore will require all university…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 443584
• Published on 05/06/26 at 10:58
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Alliances and UK universities prepare for Erasmus+ association to open new opportunities as full members

As the United Kingdom rejoins the EU mobility programme, Erasmus+, in 2027, UK universities will regain access to European funds to participate in European university alliances, opening the way for a potential new wave of alliances including UK members. "The first 17 alliances started at the…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 442179
• Published on 04/06/26 at 16:02
©  D.R.
EIC accounts for 45% of the EU's venture capital investment in quantum technologies

Ekaterina Zaharieva, the European Commissioner for startups, research and innovation, has said she was impressed that fundraising driven by the EIC accounted for 45% of all venture capital investment in quantum technologies and semiconductors within the EU in 2025. Exposing the results of the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 443428
• Published on 04/06/26 at 12:36
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European Commission launches multibillion Scaleup Europe Fund

The European Commission has launched its Scaleup Europe Fund with an initial budget of €5 billion, rising to €20 billion in the medium term. Speaking at the first day of the European Innovation Council (EIC) Summit in Brussels on 03//06/202, Ekaterina Zaharieva, the European Commissioner for…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 443329
• Published on 03/06/26 at 16:23
Finnish rectors call for country to raise level of education and research support by 2031

The Finnish Universities Rectors' Council (UNIFI) has called for the country to "focus on raising the level of education and supporting groundbreaking research" over the 2027-2031 parliamentary term. Finland holds parliamentary elections in April 2027. Acknowledging Finland's shrinking…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 443303
• Published on 03/06/26 at 15:23
European Research Council launches grants worth €210 million for "visionary science in Europe"

The European Research Council (ERC) has launched the inaugural competition for its ERC Plus Grants, with a dedicated budget of €210 million under the ‘Choose Europe' initiative. Announced on 02/06/2026, the grants are designed to "boost ambitious and transformative research in Europe" and…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 443293
• Published on 03/06/26 at 15:06
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German coalition government reveals internal disagreements over reforms to student grant programme

German Federal Research Minister Dorothee Bär has said that she was not expecting a reform of the student loan and grant programme, in opposition to what was initially promised by the coalition in power. "My ministry has set everything in motion for the Federal Training Assistance Act for…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Funding, …
• Article # 443087
• Published on 02/06/26 at 16:46
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UK union protests universities closing arts and humanities courses amid financial crisis

The University and College Union (UCU), representing over 120,000 academics and support staff in further and higher education in the UK, has called for action against the closure of arts and humanities courses at many UK universities, as they face financial constraints. UCU voted on 25/05/2026…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 441385
• Published on 02/06/26 at 13:42