The crisis of academic freedom in Europe emerged as the main theme at the recent "Bologna Process Beyond 2020: Fundamental values of the EHEA" conference in Bologna. More than 200 university rectors and 800 other stakeholders participated.

The German science organisations express their concerns regarding the plans of the Hungarian government to install new legislation affecting the freedom and autonomy of science in Hungary.

As lecturers, we're protesting today to persuade the university to pay its PhD teaching staff proper wages

Hungary's parliament passed a law on Tuesday that will significantly increase state control over the research, funds, and membership of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Without reimbursement for relocation costs, PhD students and postdocs are often forced to empty savings accounts, seek financial help or even rack up debt.

Research shows a trillion trees could be planted to capture huge amount of carbon dioxide.

In this paper the authors argue that the linguistic framing of open access by a variety of stakeholders may inhibit the uptake of open access publishing.

The collection of content related to the European Council of Doctoral Candidates and Junior Researchers' (Eurodoc) commitment to Open Science.

The switch to double-blind peer review will affect roughly 650 scientists working on projects worth an estimated US$55 million.

California moves toward creating the strictest regulatory landscape for for-profit colleges in the U.S., but proposed legislation has already been weakened.

Casual contracts causing extreme levels of personal and financial hardship, union claims.

Researchers describe how a government crackdown on foreign influence is affecting them following a statement of support from their university.

Some star psychologists don't disclose in research papers the large sums they earn for talking about their work. Is that a concern?

The hospital technology, typically used to identify human ailments, captured perhaps the world's smallest magnetic resonance image.

Coalition S has identified the following priorities for the next few months. 

The University of Alaska system faces a 41% budget cut. Why that is devastating to education, science, and society.

An agreement between publisher Springer Nature and Sweden's Bibsam consortium - made up of institutional libraries and funders - will see the two share the costs of publishing in Springer Nature's Open Access journals.

The University of California has been out of contract with Elsevier since January. Now, the University of California have reason to believe that Elsevier will shut off direct access to new articles later this week or in early July.

The open source world's diversity problem could actually make the larger tech industry's entrenched imbalances worse.

Coalition S acknowledges that there is a wide range of work to be done to implement Plan S and identified 9 priorities for the next few months.

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has signed the international declaration aimed at strengthening and promoting best practice in the way research is assessed.

The European Union’s research commissioner Carlos Moedas has proposed setting up a European Innovation Council (EIC) to fund applied research and innovation. Inspired by the well-loved European Research Council (ERC), this idea is one of several measures announced here yesterday to boost innovation across the union.

One recent case, in which a scientist claims his submitted manuscript was rejected despite a lack of actual plagiarism, highlights the limitations of automated tools.

The fifth annual Peer Review Week will take place from September 16-20, 2019. This post reflects on its history and achievements. 

Reviewers can now enter their ORCID iD in the Editorial Manager submission system for all PLOS journals and opt-in to automatically get credit when they complete a review, the same way they would for their published articles.

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Swiss university has signed San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, which says academics should not be judged on the journals they publish in

Berlin-based academic network faces court action in US and Germany, and lost more than €12 million (£10.7 million) in 2017, accounts show.

Canada’s top universities and research institutes spent $5.7 billion on research and development (R&D), but generated less than $75 million from licensing their innovations in 2017. That’s an average return on investment of 1.3 per cent.