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Innovation Scoreboard 2025: Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index; Sweden is the EU leader

Switzerland tops the Summary innovation index in 2025, as it has done since 2010, according to the 2025 edition of the Innovation Scoreboard, published by the European Commission on 15/07/2025. The country score is 139.8 % (calculated for the eight years between 2018 and 2025 compared to the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research and Technology Organisations (RTO) , …
• Article # 406789
• Published on 25/07/25 at 15:38
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Columbia University to pay $221 M to the U.S. government to settle federal feud and restore funding

"Columbia University has reached an agreement with the United States government to resolve multiple federal agency investigations into alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws. As part of the resolution, Columbia will pay a $200 M settlement over three years to the federal…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, State, …
• Article # 406717
• Published on 24/07/25 at 17:00
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Improving diversity in U.S. universities: Targeting individual bias "hasn't been working" (F. Dobbin)

"It's clear that trying to target individual bias and make that the problem hasn't been working to improve diversity. But unfortunately, those are the practices that all of the universities have, and the things that do work are relatively rare", says Frank Dobbin, Professor of sociology at Harvard…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 405670
• Published on 24/07/25 at 15:24
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UK: £2 Bn Investment to expand AI research and compute capacity

The British Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are launching a compute roadmap, with potential benefits including quicker health diagnoses, smarter energy supplies, tackling climate change, and improved public service delivery, announces UKRI on…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), Research Performing Organisation (RPO), …
• Article # 406467
• Published on 23/07/25 at 17:10
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Donald Trump administration withdrawing the U.S. from Unesco (Department of State)

"The United States informed Director-General Audrey Azoulay of the United States’ decision to withdraw from Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation). Continued involvement in Unesco is not in the national interest of the United States", announces the American…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Policy, …
• Article # 406485
• Published on 22/07/25 at 17:08
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Ukraine : €20 M of EIC funding available for 40 deep-tech start-ups and SMEs projects

The EIC (European Innovation Council) announces that €20 M of funding will be made available for Ukrainian deep-tech start-ups and SMEs as part of ongoing efforts to reinforce Ukraine’s innovation capacity amid Russia’s military invasion, states the Council on 17/07/2025. Eligible companies…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Companies, European commission, …
• Article # 406450
• Published on 22/07/25 at 15:55
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Horizon Europe 2028-2034: The new features planned by the European Commission in the MFF proposal

The European Commission is granting €31.5 Bn to the ERC (+97%), €10 Bn to the MSCA (+54%), and €34.5 Bn (+245%) to the EIC as part of its proposal for Horizon Europe 2028-2034 in the MFF, a European Commission official tells News Tank on 18/07/2025. He notes that the doubling of budget in…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Funding, …
• Article # 406227
• Published on 21/07/25 at 18:02
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"Erasmus+ should support the core education mission of Universities Alliances" (Commission)

Erasmus + "should support the core education mission of the European Universities Alliances" and will receive support from other programmes, such as Horizon Europe, which should "reinforce links between universities and innovation ecosystems", and the European Competitiveness Fund, with the aim of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 405981
• Published on 18/07/25 at 17:29
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QS Best Student Cities 2026: Seoul and Tokyo first Asian cities to take the lead, London falling in third

Seoul (South Korea) takes first place and Tokyo (Japan) second place in the QS Best Student Cities 2026, published on 15/07/2024. These two capitals are now ahead of London (UK), which topped the ranking in 2025, and is now in third place. The UK and the USA are the two most represented…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, State, Universities, …
• Article # 406009
• Published on 18/07/25 at 15:22
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Association of the Republic of Korea to Horizon Europe formalised on 17/07/2025

"The Republic of Korea has officially become the first Asian country to associate with Horizon Europe", announces the European Commission on 17/07/2025. The Republic of Korea also contributes financially to the programme's budget. The association negotiations concluded on 25/03/2024. Since…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 405967
• Published on 17/07/25 at 18:04