Rocketing visa costs ‘squeeze university research budgets’.
Research-intensive institutions forced to hike spending on immigration fees, freedom of information requests show.
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MEPs seek to add €60m to 2026 Horizon Europe budget proposal.
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‘Limited FP10 funding for society shows where priorities lie’ - Research Professional News
Director of social sciences alliance calls for clear EU funding on topics including democracy
The “limited” funding proposed for societal challenges in the EU’s next research and innovation programme is a telling illustration of the bloc’s priorities, according to a social sciences and humanities leader
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The US government’s “anti-science” position poses an “existential threat” to the rest of the world, a leading climate scientist has told us
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Nordic news: Norwegian association calls for better PhD supervision
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EU policy advisers to steer scientific freedom protections
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‘US anti-science stance poses global existential threat’.
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‘Sharp increase’ in funding needed for EU tech infrastructures
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Rocketing visa costs have forced UK research-intensive universities to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds extra to recruit international staff over the last two years—with costs at individual institutions reaching as high as £2 million a year.
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My week, by Keir Starmer - Research Professional News
Ivory Tower: exclusive access to the prime minister's conference diary
My week, by Keir Starmer:
“Look at those grey swirling eddies that would drag you under and have drowned many a poor wretch,” I say.
“Yes, the Mersey is a dangerous river,” says Peter Kyle.
“I was talking about the Labour Party.”
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Free to read: EU Innovation Act must not neglect universities, says @eua.eu
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EIT signs off €978m spending for 2026-28
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Netherlands news: Universities call for reversal of ‘creeping cuts’ due to inflation
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Professor of Physics, fires X-rays at things, apparently Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Research for Science and Engineering at *a university*. Also sings a bit, makes stuff, and is inexplicably attractive to cats that aren’t mine.
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Pro-Vice-Chancellor University East Anglia and Professor of Early Modern Studies. Previously Director, Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Kent; everyday life, material histories, creative heritage.
