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Articles by Ben Upton
Fears that resources will be spread too thinly as ministries and research organisations back majority of possible priorities for the scheme
Signatories will discuss how to make research assessment fairer and defuse ¡®publish or perish¡¯ culture
Flow of students in both directions likely to increase as undergraduate and postgraduate degrees recognised by institutions and employers
Clearer separation between peer-reviewed and corporate work would help protect academic integrity, expert says
Institutions in the European countries face ¡®contamination¡¯ as governments group them with more regulated parts of the education system
Safety concerns lead top research university to cancel lecture on sex and gender, drawing criticism from research minister
Data from seven years¡¯ worth of Horizon 2020 grants shows you ¡®don't need to tell researchers what to do¡¯, ERC president says
Proposals to cut places and dropout by a third aim to stem waste and attract talent from abroad
Planned reductions to Foreign Ministry budget would hurt institutional cooperation and leave researchers in the lurch, DAAD exchange service says
Royal Netherlands Academy says extra funding and time cannot ¡®truly compensate¡¯ those who began their research careers in lockdown
Even before Covid led to so many job losses among casual and fixed-term academic staff, mass insecurity was increasingly being recognised as a blight on the sector. But is there any realistic prospect of permanent contracts all round? Ben Upton examines the cases of Germany and the Netherlands
Latest ruling against an international student arrested over research upon return to the country is decried as a ¡®mockery of justice¡¯ by rector
This year¡¯s wins in ¡®Nobel Prize of maths¡¯ show bloc¡¯s research programme must be open to UK and Switzerland, leaders say
Universities¡¯ difficulties in addressing their share of a national crisis may ease demand, but turning away ambitious foreigners is still a ¡®missed opportunity¡¯ for the country
Parisian professor says hers is the first to appoint a selection committee by lot, an approach that should be taken up nationwide
President must learn to work with a fragmented parliament, but experts say likely allies will back his push to liberalise higher education
Winners of internal competitions will not be eligible for research council grants, as power shifts to government
Critics say plans to lower the limit on temporary staff from 40 per cent to 8 per cent are unworkable and could lock in under-qualified lecturers
Lecturer protests innocence but steps down from government ahead of role leading EU policymaking
Disgraced surgeon convicted of causing bodily harm in verdict that raises further questions for Swedish research
Clear majority of survey respondents from Poland and Italy believe ¡®making a lot of money¡¯ was an incentive for scientists working on Covid-19
Expert says initiative should make different offers to networks that want to integrate into a single institution or just work together
Funder pushes deadline for awardees to finalise departure plans or lose EU funding back to 29 June
Ukrainian philologist who found a host university while in a 10-hour queue at the border talks about a life upended
