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.
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.
New Presidential Science Council to advise on policy
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.
2023 has been one of the most interesting and intense years in European and international research and innovation policy.
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.
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.
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.
Leading academics defend EU research missions and say productivity growth should not be the direct goal of European investment in research and innovation.
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.
