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Students Demand Cardiff University Tackles Sexual Violence

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Students Demand Cardiff University Tackles Sexual Violence

Students campaigning to stop sexual violence say they will fight to ensure Cardiff University acts after a meeting with senior staff. One student said they were laughed at by three male employees when speaking on sexual violence at a staff meeting. The university said it took sexual assaults seriously and investigated them robustly.

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Proposed Horizon Cut Stuck As EU Leaders Fail to Reach Budget Review Deal

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Proposed Horizon Cut Stuck As EU Leaders Fail to Reach Budget Review Deal

EU leaders failed to reach a deal on a seven-year budget review, postponing until January a decision that includes potential cuts to Horizon Europe.

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I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped

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I Struggled After Moving Internationally For A Postdoc. Here’s How My Family And I Coped

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France Has Big Plans To Reform Research, But Key Details Remain Vague

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France Has Big Plans To Reform Research, But Key Details Remain Vague

New Presidential Science Council to advise on policy

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'I Felt Like a Fraud': A Biologist Goes Public About a Retraction

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'I Felt Like a Fraud': A Biologist Goes Public About a Retraction

Retractions are the stuff of nightmares for most academics. But they aren't necessarily a career obstacle, and sometimes may be the only way forward, according to Andrew P. Anderson. 

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Sierra Leone Implementing Its First National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

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Sierra Leone Implementing Its First National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

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Let's Ketchup: Nasa Releases Pictures of Tomatoes Lost in Space for Eight Months

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Let's Ketchup: Nasa Releases Pictures of Tomatoes Lost in Space for Eight Months

Despite being nearly a year after the initial disappearance of the tomatoes, the fruit was found in a plastic bag dehydrated and slightly squished.
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The global web of science collaboration is expanding

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The global web of science collaboration is expanding

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Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?

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Time to Open Its Doors Wider, or Will China Fall into a Middle-technology Trap?

Chinese Academy of Sciences says China faces a risk of being hamstrung at the low and mid-end of the global value chain amid the ongoing tech war with the US.
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Evolution, Religion and Science: World Not As Polarised As We Think

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Evolution, Religion and Science: World Not As Polarised As We Think

A new global survey has revealed that evolutionary science and religion are more compatible than many of us assume.
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Designing for Diversity - What Makes People Pick Up a Science Magazine?

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Designing for Diversity - What Makes People Pick Up a Science Magazine?

Jemima Coleman and Wendy Sadler say that science magazines have a responsibility to ensure that science is accessible and inclusive for all
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Has Your Research Influenced Policy? Use This Free Tool to Check

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Has Your Research Influenced Policy? Use This Free Tool to Check

Sage Policy Profiles scans a database of 10 million documents to show researchers where their papers have been cited.
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Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year

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Replay 2023: The Most Significant Research and Innovation Happenings of the Year

2023 has been one of the most interesting and intense years in European and international research and innovation policy.

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Life Science

Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure

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Paywalls Are Slowing the Quest For a Cancer Cure

Paywalls to scientific journals are hindering access and slowing progress to cures for cancer.
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Emmanuel Macron Announces Ambitious Research Reforms

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Emmanuel Macron Announces Ambitious Research Reforms

The French research world is to undergo a "revolution" in the next 18 months in a bid to make it more competitive on the global stage.
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Swiss Researchers Should Be Able to Apply for European Research Council Grants in 2024

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Swiss Researchers Should Be Able to Apply for European Research Council Grants in 2024

The EU and Switzerland have made further progress in talks about their relationship, opening the door for Swiss academics to apply for European Research Council (ERC) grants from next year. On 15 December, Switzerland's ruling Federal Council signed off a draft negotiating mandate with the EU, paving the way for formal negotiations to start next year. That followed on from 18 months of exploratory talks about everything from food safety to financial markets.
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How to Make a European Research Framework Programme

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How to Make a European Research Framework Programme

As the year draws to a close and 2024 comes into view, we're here to brief you on the preparations underway to shape Framework Programme 10 (FP10). FP10 doesn't start until 2028, but 2024 is going to be a big year for the next seven-year research programme, with the European Commission starting to pencil in the outline ahead of a comprehensive proposal in 2025.
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Research

End the Glaring Inequity in International Science Collaborations

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Research

End the Glaring Inequity in International Science Collaborations

The world's natural-science research ecosystem remains focused on the priorities of high-income countries. Funders, publishers and scholarly databases can do more to help to rebalance that.
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The Science Events to Watch for in 2024

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The Science Events to Watch for in 2024

Advanced AI tools, Moon missions and ultrafast supercomputers are among the developments set to shape research in the coming year.
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Politics and Protests Puts Europe's Academic Freedom Policies Under the Spotlight

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Politics and Protests Puts Europe's Academic Freedom Policies Under the Spotlight

The pressure for EU legislation to protect academic freedom ramped up towards the end of 2023 when the European Parliament's STOA panel for the future of science and technology set out its plan of action.  Amongst other measures, STOA is calling for a formal definition of academic freedom and a monitoring system to ensure these principles are enforced.

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The Five Challenges to a Truly Global Horizon Programme

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The Five Challenges to a Truly Global Horizon Programme

After another year of conflict and war in 2023, there is a ray of hope for a peaceful New Year: the emergence of the EU's Horizon Europe programme as an extraordinary engine of global scientific cooperation.

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Academic Freedom
Integrity

The Weaponisation of Forensic Research Auditing Will Not Resolve Systemic Research Misconduct

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Academic Freedom
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The Weaponisation of Forensic Research Auditing Will Not Resolve Systemic Research Misconduct

The trend for the politically motivated forensic scrutiny of the research records of academics has a chilling effect on academic freedom and distracts from efforts to address more important systemic issues in research integrity.

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Long COVID is a Double Curse in Low-income Nations - Here's Why

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Long COVID is a Double Curse in Low-income Nations - Here's Why

Not only is the prevalence of the condition poorly understood, but it's also often ignored by physicians and the wider public.
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Science Communication

How Sharing Your Science in an Opinion Piece Can Boost Your Career

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How Sharing Your Science in an Opinion Piece Can Boost Your Career

Don't rely solely on academic papers to raise your professional profile. General readers are interested in your opinions, too.
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Innovation
Equality

Innovating Fairly: Switzerland's Lessons for Silicon Valley

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Innovating Fairly: Switzerland's Lessons for Silicon Valley

In Silicon Valley there is a stark contrast between unbridled innovation and growing inequality. Can the Swiss model offer solutions?
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Did the Battle Against 'Misinformation' Go Too Far?

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Did the Battle Against 'Misinformation' Go Too Far?

The pandemic brought a massive effort to limit the spread of bad health information. Did it do more harm than good?
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Moon's Resources Could Be "Destroyed by Thoughtless Exploitation", Nasa Warned

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Moon's Resources Could Be "Destroyed by Thoughtless Exploitation", Nasa Warned

Astronomers say launch of dozens of lunar probes could jeopardise research and valuable resources such as sea ice in craters
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Viewpoint: Framework Programme 10 Needs a Balance of Basic and Applied Research

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Viewpoint: Framework Programme 10 Needs a Balance of Basic and Applied Research

Leading academics defend EU research missions and say productivity growth should not be the direct goal of European investment in research and innovation.

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Open Science is Making Headway but Needs Further Support, UNESCO Says

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Open Science is Making Headway but Needs Further Support, UNESCO Says

Open science policies are gathering pace, but further progress depends on wider culture change, improved monitoring and better policy support, UNESCO says.
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Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations

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Open Access Research Outputs Receive More Diverse Citations

The goal of open access is to allow more people to read and use research outputs. An observed association between highly cited research outputs and open access has been claimed as evidence of increased usage of the research, but this remains controversial.

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