The countries maintaining research ties with Russia despite Ukraine [Nature, April 2022]

Title:

The countries maintaining research ties with Russia despite Ukraine 

 

Authors:

Smriti Mallapaty, T. V. Padma, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Richard Van Noorden & Ehsan Masood

 

Published:

Nature, 6 April 2022

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00945-3

 

From the article:

Many Western nations are severing scientific links — but it’s a different story in China, India and South Africa.

 

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe [The Conversation, March 2022]

Title:

The original climate crisis – how the little ice age devastated early modern Europe

 

Authors:

Ariel Hessayon 

Reader in Early Modern History, Goldsmiths, University of London  

&

Dan Taylor 

Lecturer in Social and Political Thought, The Open University

 

Published:

The Conversation, 7 March 2022

https://theconversation.com/the-original-climate-crisis-how-the-little-ice-age-devastated-early-modern-europe-178187

 

From the article:

Just as the UK was recovering from storms Eunice and Franklin, scientists of UN’s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report warning of a future with spiralling weather extremes, fiercer storms, flash flooding and wildfires.  This isn’t the first time that Britain has experienced drastic climate change, however. By the 16th and 17th centuries, northern Europe had left its medieval warm period and was languishing in what is sometimes called the little ice age.

University leaders call for international student numbers cap [University World News, February 2022]

Title: 

University leaders call for international student numbers cap  

 

Author: 

Liz Newmark   

 

Published:

University World News, 16 February 2022 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2022021609031418  

 

From the article: 

Dutch universities are calling on the government to cap the number of international students, to maintain the quality of degree programmes in the face of rapidly rising numbers of students from abroad and stagnant funding.

 

How should HE respond to the new geopolitical dynamics? [University World News, February 2022]

Title:   

How should HE respond to the new geopolitical dynamics?  

 

Author: 

Catherine Saracco   

 

Published:    

University World News, 8 February 2022 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20220208142502416  

 

From the article: 

Over the past decade, the global geopolitical balance has undergone considerable upheaval. Will global competition between the United States, China and Europe continue to be the benchmark for student mobility flows? Will the Anglo-Saxon model of higher education be able to resist these challenges? Looking at four major trends.

 

Black Death Mortality Wasn’t as Widespread as Everyone Thinks [Ancient Origins, February 2022]

Title:

Black Death Mortality Wasn’t as Widespread as Everyone Thinks  

 

Published: 

Ancient Origins, 13 February 2022 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/black-death-mortality-0016413   

 

From the article: 

The Black Death (1347–1352 AD) is the most infamous pandemic in human history. Advances in ancient DNA research have enabled researchers to identify the bacterium behind this terrible historical event (Yersinia pestis), and traced its evolution over time, however there are still huge gaps in knowledge about the plague’s demographic impacts. For the most part researchers have had to rely on medieval written sources from some parts of Western Europe to gain insight on how deadly the Black Death was. Now, an international team of researchers have pioneered a novel approach to evaluate the scale of the Black Death’s mortality across Europe, with some surprising results.

 

A kaleidoscope of internationalisation in European higher education [Scholaly Article - European Journal of Education, January 2022]

Title:

A kaleidoscope of internationalisation in European higher education 

 

Authors:

Melita Kovačević & Tamara Dagen

 

Published:

European Journal of Education, 12 January 2022

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejed.12492

 

From the introduction of the article:

The Treaties of Rome (European Union, 1957), Maastricht (European Union, 1992), and Lisbon (European Union, 2007), as well as other policies and documents initiated at the European level in recent decades have led to a number of significant changes, and consequently influenced internationalisation activities, including in the higher education reforms, so called milestones, have been carried out in Europe. 

 

European academic brain drain: A meta‐synthesis (by Jawaria Khan) [Scholarly Article: European Journal of Education, May 2021]

Title:

European academic brain drain: A meta-synthesis

 

Author:

Jawaria Khan 

Published:

European Journal of Education, 4 May 2021

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ejed.12449

Abstract:

In a globalising world, the international mobility of academics and researchers is important for their career. However, increasing migration of academics in the form of an academic brain drain is becoming a major challenge especially for Europe due to an ageing population. The issue of brain drain has been addressed usually through quantitative studies that fail to explore the in‐depth reasons behind it, and present standard outcomes. Through a synthesis of qualitative literature over two decades (2000–2020), this paper presents a new perspective of the root causes of academic brain drain in Europe. After careful examination of the qualitative literature, five factors have been found to be responsible for the outflow of human capital. These include: (1) attractive salaries outside Europe; (2) short‐term fixed contracts for early career researchers; (3) unfair recruitment procedures; (4) attractive migration policies and (5) the indirect role played by internationalisation policies to encourage permanent mobility.

2 recent studies sequence DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Eurasia [arsTechnica, 9 April 2021]

Title:

2 recent studies sequence DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Eurasia

 

Author:

Kiona N. Smith

Published:

arsTechnica, 9 April 2021

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/04/2-recent-studies-sequence-dna-from-the-earliest-homo-sapiens-in-eurasia/

 

From the article:

DNA from the earliest Homo sapiens in Europe adds more detail to the story of our species’ expansion into Eurasia—and our complicated 5,000-year relationship with Neanderthals.

 

UNITED KINGDOM / EUROPE - UK to stay in Horizon Europe but drop out of Erasmus+ [University World News, 31 December 2020]

Title:

UK to stay in Horizon Europe but drop out of Erasmus+ 

 

Author:

Brendan O'Malley

 

Published:

University World News, 31 December 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201231151122758

 

From the article:

United Kingdom and European universities welcomed the UK’s decision to participate in the European Union’s €95.5 billion (US$117.3 billion) research and innovation programme, Horizon Europe, which was clarified by the terms of the recently announced future trade and cooperation agreement between the UK and the European Union.  

 

But they voiced deep disappointment at the decision to drop out of Erasmus+, the student and academic staff study abroad and mobility programme.

Paving the way for Europe-India Horizon partnerships

Title:

Paving the way for Europe-India Horizon partnerships

 

Author:

Yojana Sharma

 

Published:

University World News, 4 November 2020 

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201104165352900

 

From the article:

Top public and private research institutions in India are building alliances with universities and higher education organisations in Europe to pave the way for future consortiums to bid for projects under Horizon Europe, the European Union’s successor to its Horizon 2020 research programme.

EUROPE - European ministers adopt declaration on research freedom & Bonn Declaration on Freedom of Scientific Research, 20 September 2020

Title:

European ministers adopt declaration on research freedom

 

Author:

Brendan O'Malley

 

Published:

University World News, 23 October 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201023155951914

 

From the article:

Ministers from the European Research Area have adopted a declaration asserting the “relevance of the freedom of scientific research for the progress of our societies”.  

 

The declaration, which was adopted at the Ministerial Conference on the European Research Area on 20 October, says: “The freedom of scientific research is a universal right and public good.”

Also see:

Bonn Declaration on Freedom of Scientific Research

Adopted at the Ministerial Conference on the European Research Area on 20 October 2020 in Bonn

https://www.bmbf.de/files/10_2_2_Bonn_Declaration_en_final.pdf

 

From the Declaration on The relevance of freedom of scientific research for the progress of our societies:

The freedom of scientific research is a universal right and public good. It is a core principle of the European Union and as such anchored in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. It is also protected by the United nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ratified by more than 170 states. It has constitutional or legal status in most EU Member States. The freedom of scientific research applies to all types of research organizations and scholarships and to all academic disciplines. Freedom of thought and intellectual creativity require also freedom and security of individuals. Freedom of scientific research stands for openness, exchange, excellence, internationalism, diversity, equality, integrity, curiosity, responsibility and reflexivity. It is therefore a pillar of any democracy.

 

Research and the freedom to conduct research are indispensable prerequisites for our social, cultural, political and economic resilience and progress. Scientific research benefits the people and society through the advancement of knowledge. Freedom of scientific research is a necessary condition for researchers to produce, share and transfer knowledge as public good for the well-being of society. Our hopes and our ambitions to achieve a better future also depend on the freedom of scientific research.

   

Nvidia will power world's fastest AI supercomputer, to be located in Europe

Title:

Nvidia will power world's fastest AI supercomputer, to be located in Europe

 

Author:

Darrell Etherington

Published:

TechCrunch, 15 October 2020

https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/15/nvidia-will-power-worlds-fastest-ai-supercomputer-to-be-located-in-europe/

 

From the article:

Nvidia is is going to be powering the world’s fastest AI supercomputer, a new system dubbed “Leonardo” that’s being built by the Italian multi-university consortium CINECA,  a global supercomputing leader. The Leonardo system will offer as much as 10 exaflops of FP16 AI performance capabilities, and be made up of more than 14,000 Nvidia Ampere-based GPUS once completed.

 

FREE WEBINAR (Tuesday, 27 October 2020) - Promoting Meaningful Dialogue about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Occupation-based education, practice, and research

Title:

Promoting Meaningful Dialogue about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Occupation-based education, practice, and research 

Hosted by:

COTEC ENOTHE ROTOS (Occupational Therapy Europe)

Speakers:

Anna Arganashvili, Dave Thomas, Mish' Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou, Matyna Gwiazda & dr Juman Simaan

Date & Time:

Tuesday, 27 October 2020

17:00 - 18:15 CET

Platform:

ZOOM

For more information & to register:

https://www.oteurope.eu/webinar-promoting-meaningful-dialogue-about-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-occupation-based-education-practice-and-research/

Opinium Research survey - The future is cyborg: Kaspersky study finds support for human augmentation

 Title:

 The future is cyborg: Kaspersky study finds support for human augmentation

Published:

Reuters, 17 September 2020

https://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCAKBN2680KP-OCATC

From the article:

The Opinium Research survey of 14,500 people in 16 countries including Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain showed that 63% of people would consider augmenting their bodies to improve them, though the results varied across Europe.

EUROPE (University World News, 20 June 2020) - A post-COVID opportunity for structural reform of science

Title:
A post-COVID opportunity for structural reform of science

Authors:
Thomas Zacharewicz, Luis Sanz Menéndez, Laura Cruz Castro, Peter van den Besselaar, Ulf Sandström and Ana Fernández Zubieta

Published:
University World News, 20 June 2020
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200619114926585

From this article:
The manifesto [discussed in this article] from European scientists says the COVID-19 crisis should provide an opportunity for Europe to reconsider its science funding models – particularly the emphasis on competitive funding – and focus on a more cross-disciplinary approach to build a better and more sustainable future.

University World News, 1 May 2020 - Challenges for ‘European Universities’ revealed by survey

Title:
Challenges for ‘European Universities’ revealed by survey

Author:
Brendan O'Malley

Published:
University World News, 1 May 2020 

From the article:
"A survey of more than 200 higher education institutions across Europe has found that the need to provide additional resources, considerable amounts of co-funding and ensure long-term sustainability are the biggest challenges for participating in the European Universities Initiative."

To read this article:
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20200501095005418

Short Article - As many as half of Europe's COVID-19 deaths were people in long-term care facilities

Title:
As many as half of Europe's COVID-19 deaths were people in long-term care facilities

Author:
Haven Orecchlo-Egresitz

Published:
Business Insider, 26 April 2020

From the article:
"Up to 50% of the COVID-19 deaths in Europe are associated with long-term care facilities, according to the World Health Organization."

To read this article:
https://www.businessinsider.co.za/half-europes-covid-19-deaths-in-long-term-care-facilities-2020-4

CERN Short Article (15 April 2020) - CERN technologies contribute to openUp2U, a learning platform for schools in Europe [article also available in French]

Title:
CERN technologies contribute to openUp2U, a learning platform for schools in Europe

Published:
CERN, 15 April 2020
[Voir en français]

From this article:
"Since its inception in January 2017, CERN is part of the EU-funded Up2U (Up2University) project. The collaboration officially launched at the end of March 2020 openUp2U, a version of its trusted, remote learning platform that is now available to all schools and universities across Europe, in an effort to support continued learning during the COVID-19 pandemic."

To read this article:
https://home.cern/news/news/cern/cern-technologies-contribute-openup2u-learning-platform-schools-europe

Study led by University of Göttingen archaeologist (April 2020) - Sword-wielding scientists show how ancient fighting techniques spread across Bronze Age Europe

Title:
Sword-wielding scientists show how ancient fighting techniques spread across Bronze Age Europe

Author:
Andrew Curry

Published:
Science, 17 April 2020

From the article:
"Bronze swords have been found by the thousands in graves, rivers, and bogs all across Europe. But because the alloy is so soft—and easy to mangle compared with later iron weapons—historians have long wondered whether these swords were battlefield tools or mere status symbols."

To read this article:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/sword-wielding-scientists-show-how-ancient-fighting-techniques-spread-across-bronze-age

Short Article - International students across Europe face ‘chaos’

Title:
International students across Europe face ‘chaos’ 

Author:
David Matthew

Published:
Times Higher Education, 24 March 2020

From the article:
The erection of borders, disrupted transport and fear of infection mean many will have to stay put, but their mental health could be at risk, universities are warned.

To read this article:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/international-students-across-europe-face-chaos