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Ireland: Universities calling on next government to invest in higher education after elections (IUA)

The Irish Universities Association (IUA) urges the incoming government to support its three key priorities: "Back students, fund the future and invest in research", can one read in their government key asks on 17/12/2024. The 2024 Irish General Election took place on 29/11/2024. The…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , State, Universities, …
• Article # 348631
• Published on 19/12/24 at 18:00
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Netherlands: "Budget cuts are still huge" after agreement on education budget (Utrecht University)

The Dutch coalition parties agree with part of the opposition on the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) budget, reducing the planned education cuts by €748 M. "The budget cuts in higher education and research are still huge", says Utrecht University on 12/12/2024, the day after the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 348446
• Published on 18/12/24 at 17:44
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European Innovation Act: Extensive public consultation in the coming months as first step

"As a first step towards the European Innovation Act, I will be launching an extensive public consultation in the coming months. Through this, we will gather feedback and input from all relevant stakeholders across our Union", states Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I, in the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Careers, Horizon Europe - FP 10, …
• Article # 348512
• Published on 18/12/24 at 17:21
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DFG : Increase of 12.9% of German universities basic funding from 2019 to 2022

"In 2022, German universities received a total of around €26.7 Bn in basic funding, €3 Bn more than in 2019 - an increase of 12.9 %. A total of €10.4 Bn in third-party funding was allocated to universities in 2022, an increase of €1.7 Bn, or 19.1 %, compared to 2019", according to the Funding…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Research Funding Organisation (RFO), State, …
• Article # 348184
• Published on 18/12/24 at 13:49
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Hungary's response to breaches of the principles of the rule of law not sufficient (EU Commission)

The European Commission reports that recent legislative changes proposed by Hungary are not sufficient to address risks of conflicts of interest in the management of Hungarian university foundations, on 16/12/2024. This impacts Hungary's access to certain EU funds, like Erasmus + and Horizon…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Council, European commission, State, …
• Article # 348258
• Published on 17/12/24 at 17:42
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R&D investment in Europe in 2023: €381.4 Bn by the EU (+6.7% since 2022)

In 2023, the European Union spent €381.4 Bn on R&D, 6.7% more than in 2022 (€357,4 Bn) and 57.9% more than ten years earlier, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on 11/12/2024. Eurostat points out that these are provisional figures. • This amount corresponds to…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 348288
• Published on 17/12/24 at 11:42
Christian Ehler report: Stakeholders concerned about the fate of Pillar 2 and research collaboration

The report of Christian Ehler, German MEP, on the assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe maintains the intention to allocate half of the FP10 budget to the ERC and EIC, as can be seen in the amended version of this same report published by its author on X on 11/12/2024. It adds that…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 346762
• Published on 12/12/24 at 18:24
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Knowledge valorisation: "Research results not fully exploited for the benefit of society" (M. Russo)

"The EU finances a lot of research, and there is a lot of ongoing activity. However, in all the important reports published this year — Letta, Draghi, and Heitor's — it is consistently stated that the results of research are not fully exploited for the benefit of society. Today's discussion is…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 347412
• Published on 11/12/24 at 15:57
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Alina-Stefania Ujupan and Andreas Schwarz: Heads of cabinet for E. Zaharieva and R. Minzatu

Alina-Stefania Ujupan and Andreas Schwarz are the heads of the cabinets of Roxana Minzatu, Executive VP of the European Commission for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs, and Preparedness, and Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Start-ups and R&I. Alina-Stefania Ujupan was head of the…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Careers, …
• Article # 347409
• Published on 11/12/24 at 11:50
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Belgium: "The Wallonia-Brussels Federation decided to withdraw €3 M from universities" (F. Smets)

"The Wallonia-Brussels Federation announced it would cut €3 M from the higher education budget, which they intend to compensate for by raising the tuition fee for non-European students", indicates Françoise Smets, Professor, Rector of the University of Louvain and President of the French-speaking…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , State, Universities, …
• Article # 347306
• Published on 10/12/24 at 17:38