Horizon 2020 funding raid a ‘great concern’

A large banner Chinese flag hangs over a pedestrian under an umbrella. To illustrate that there is ‘little universities can do’ to stop Beijing interference.

Scholars urge ‘proportionate’ response to China research risks

‘Little universities can do’ to stop Beijing interference, as politicians on both sides of the Atlantic mull enhanced restrictions

By Patrick Jack

17 November

Rise of EDI focus in UKRI grants ‘endangers R&D support’

Increase in projects featuring ‘progressive discourse’ likely to fuel criticism that academia is too left wing, study warns

By Jack Grove

14 November

Students protest over fee debts and accommodation at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, in February 2025

Mosa Moshabela: fireproofing African research amid US conflagration

Africa’s flagship university may have escaped the arson that has blighted some South African campuses but its research prowess could have gone up in smoke earlier this year when Donald Trump began slashing research funding, Cape Town’s vice-chancellor tells Jack Grove

By Jack Grove

13 November

‘Hyperprolific authors’ omitted from highly cited researcher list

Chinese researchers worst affected as hundreds excluded from influential ranking because of ‘extreme’ level of authorship

By Patrick Jack

12 November

Horizon 2020 funding raid a ‘great concern’

Pan-Europe organisations attack Commission plans to move money for strategic investment fund

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