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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Skema Business School redesigns its PhD in Management to "respond to the evolution of the global market"]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Times Higher Education and Schmidt Science Fellows launch network to "support interdisciplinary research"]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Christian Ehler]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Dutch education organisations highlight key challenges of AI in education and the need for EU guidelines]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Three university groups give views on forthcoming ERA Act: Boost R&I spending but avoid new red tape]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[QS Europe 2026: Oxford university regains first place; UK best performer in top ten]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Laurence Farreng]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[EU and India launch talks on partnering with Horizon Europe ]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Sweden: Launch of the Chalmers Maritime University to "attract more students to become naval officers"]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[ERC awards "Proof of Concept" grants to 300 winners in 2025, including 136 for the second round]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-26T13:33:44+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Directory of Open Access Journals announces 2026-2028 strategy]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-26T13:15:03+01:00</lastmod>        
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        <lastmod>2026-01-23T17:23:14+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European Commission launches call for evidence to boost women’s participation in research and innovation]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-23T15:33:41+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2026: Number of EU countries with ranked companies increases to six ]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-23T14:30:43+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Adelaide University]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/427510/mep-s-report-backs-greater-role-for-european-universities-alliances-in.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-22T18:09:07+01:00</lastmod>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-22T17:02:23+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[EU industrial R&D investment growth slowed in 2024]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-22T16:53:24+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[UK launches creative industries strategy with £500m investment]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-21T17:40:06+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Universities face increasing polarisation but "have a major role to play in the defence of democracy"]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/427283/eu-strategy-fight-racism-focuses-on-education-research.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-21T14:56:26+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Hadja Lahbib]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-21T08:00:00+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[THE rankings by subject 2026: Asian universities break into top 10]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-20T17:31:47+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Over a quarter of young students in the EU worked in 2024]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-20T17:02:26+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[UK unveils international education strategy: a "diplomacy-led" path to £40bn in education exports]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-20T15:41:36+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[ René Repasi and Michael McGrath ]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-19T18:00:34+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[OECD reports hybrid GenAI integrated in teaching systems outperforms chatbots in education ]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-19T17:40:54+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[UK universities say they will take advantage of opportunities of AI while recognising risks]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-19T14:25:11+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Mario Draghi awarded 2026 Charlemagne Prize for report on developing EU's political and economic strength]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-19T13:38:46+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 19/01]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-16T17:33:08+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[2025 "Year of catastrophe" for US higher education as censorship reaches unprecedented heights]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[MEP warns of dangers that rules for research for dual-use goods will distort EU's priorities ]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Leading research voices call for separate EU regulation on academic freedom]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Main campus of the University of Bath]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[EU revises rules to boost deployment of AI Gigafactories]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Storing ice cores in Antarctica]]></image:caption>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[AACSB report shows business schools moving from AI experimentation to implementation]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426565/european-universities-adapt-new-era-eua-cde-survey-reveals-resilience-amid.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-15T16:49:43+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European universities adapt to new era: EUA-CDE survey reveals resilience amid geopolitical and AI shifts]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-15T16:04:30+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Sommet Education appoints Spencer Coles as new Chief Executive Officer]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426546/european-commission-opens-calls-for-307-million-in-funding-for-ai-data.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-15T13:44:29+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European Commission opens calls for €307 million in funding for AI and data projects]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-15T11:48:57+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Senior US scientist says Trump withdrawal from research bodies will deter knowledge of global problems ]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426358/montreal-university-says-french-students-still-welcome-despite-quotas-on.html</loc>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Montréal University says French students are still welcome despite quotas on international admissions]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426304/commission-says-european-universities-alliances-in-good-position-for.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-14T14:31:12+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Commission says European universities alliances "are in a good position" for Horizon Europe 2028-2034]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426252/report-highlights-continuing-challenges-for-eu-in-preventing-start-ups.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-13T18:30:25+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Report highlights continuing challenges for EU in preventing start-ups and scale-ups moving to the US]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426178/aacsb-publishes-for-comment-draft-2026-global-standards-for-business.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-13T17:27:30+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[AACSB publishes for comment draft 2026 global standards for business education and accounting]]></image:caption>
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        <lastmod>2026-01-13T11:42:42+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Thierry Coulhon]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426006/lise-ovreas-appointed-president-of-european-academies-science-advisory.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-12T18:08:41+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Lise Øvreås]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/426026/european-court-of-auditors-flags-risks-transparency-in-horizon-europe-ecf.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-12T17:35:44+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European Court of Auditors flags risks to transparency in Horizon Europe and ECF proposals for 2028-2034]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425785/right-wing-extremism-in-german-universities-met-by-institutional-silence.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-12T15:07:17+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Right-wing extremism in German universities met by institutional silence and victim isolation, study says]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425960/agenda-heis-conferences-events-in-europe-from-12-01.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-12T13:04:35+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 12/01]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425796/european-foundation-for-management-development-efmd-welcomes-13-new-members.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-12T09:33:24+01:00</lastmod>        
        <image:image>
            <image:loc>https://img.newstank.fr/crop/fill/2fe2fa7d2393f9080e34114545823c5d/0/0/279/167/1200/627/image-article-425796.jpg</image:loc>
            <image:caption><![CDATA[European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) welcomes 13 new members in 2026]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425780/germany-takes-in-166-researchers-as-part-of-global-minds-initiative.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-09T15:32:01+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Dorothee Bär, Federal Minister for Research, Technology and Space.]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/424258/international-news-around-world-in-higher-education-research-by-news-tank.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-09T13:34:08+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Brown University]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425759/france-s-cnrs-eu-s-joint-research-centre-sign-cooperation-agreement.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-09T13:33:56+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[France's CNRS and EU's Joint Research Centre sign cooperation agreement]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425598/news-tank-academic-presents-its-best-of-2025.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-09T10:06:52+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[News Tank Academic presents its best of 2025 ]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425661/macron-says-draghi-report-on-eu-competitiveness-is-already-obsolete.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-08T17:29:24+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, at the Ambassadors' Conference, 08/01/2026.]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425647/eu-jordan-want-increase-participation-in-horizon-europe.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-08T16:56:45+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[EU and Jordan want to increase participation in Horizon Europe]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425618/united-states-withdraws-from-nine-education-research-international.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-08T13:28:02+01:00</lastmod>        
        <image:image>
            <image:loc>https://img.newstank.fr/crop/fill/754747bb34582ae5adb89841cfbfb7ec/0/0/640/427/1200/627/image-article-425618.jpg</image:loc>
            <image:caption><![CDATA[United States withdraws from nine education and research international organisations and treaties]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425603/jorn-axel-kammerer-new-vice-president-of-bucerius-law-school-head-of.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-08T13:25:49+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Vice President of Bucerius Law School Jörn Axel Kämmerer.]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425483/european-commission-launches-call-for-applications-for-automotive-research.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-07T16:59:32+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European Commission launches call for applications for automotive research and innovation expert group]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425315/european-university-groups-call-for-60bn-budget-for-next-erasmus-programme.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-07T14:37:19+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European university groups call for €60bn budget for next Erasmus+ programme]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425169/eu-r-investment-hit-403-billion-in-2024.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-06T18:34:46+01:00</lastmod>        
        <image:image>
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[EU R&D investment hit €403 billion in 2024]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425097/european-university-institute-unveils-new-strategy-for-2026-2031.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-06T17:24:39+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[European University Institute unveils new strategy for 2026-2031]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425220/innovation-continues-deliver-growth-in-uk-according-2025-report.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-06T15:30:52+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:loc>https://img.newstank.fr/crop/fill/1042f9b82accdddf00c971be2e0cd3fe/0/0/1440/806/1200/627/image-article-425220.jpg</image:loc>
            <image:caption><![CDATA[Innovation continues to deliver growth in the UK, according to 2025 report]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425099/cypriot-presidency-s-plans-for-six-months-running-eu-council-business.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-05T15:46:32+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus]]></image:caption>
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    <url>
        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425092/uk-research-projects-boosted-by-participation-in-horizon-programme-report.html</loc>
        <lastmod>2026-01-05T15:04:41+01:00</lastmod>        
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            <image:caption><![CDATA[UK research projects boosted by participation in Horizon programme, report finds]]></image:caption>
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        <loc>https://academic.newstank.eu/article/view/425035/agenda-heis-conferences-events-in-europe-from-05-01.html</loc>
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