Craig Nicholson

Craig Nicholson

@clanicholson.bsky.social

Senior editor at Research Professional News, mainly editing European research, innovation and higher education policy news

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Craig Nicholson
@clanicholson.bsky.social

An announcement from the owner of Research Professional News: "Clarivate has decided to discontinue publication of Research Professional News, with the final publication scheduled for December 31, 2026." www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-o...

researchprofessionalnews.comResearch Professional News to discontinue publication at end of 2026 - Research Professional NewsA message for readers about the publication’s closure and continued community access to past reporting

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European University Association (EUA)
@eua.eu

Insufficient funding will undermine the stability universities need to attract talent, sustain long-term research and build the knowledge and technologies on which future innovation depends. 🔗 Read EUA's announcement in full: bit.ly/4zzOq2Z

bit.lyMFF: Horizon Europe hit by additional proposed cuts, EU member states must protect investment in R&I and educationEUA - European University Association
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Parliament leaders say they won’t sign off proposed FP10 cut as sectoral pushback builds www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

researchprofessionalnews.comParliament leaders say they won’t sign off proposed FP10 cut - Research Professional NewsMEPs convey “utmost dismay” at proposal for EU’s next long-term budget

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The Guild
@guildeu.bsky.social

"We must demand a reversal of the cuts proposed by the Irish Presidency, because without strong investment in Horizon Europe, we cannot be competitive globally," said Jan Palmowski. Read the article below⤵️

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social

Proposal to cut FP10 by 10% decried as ‘choosing to fall behind’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

researchprofessionalnews.comProposal to cut FP10 by 10% decried as ‘choosing to fall behind’ - Research Professional NewsResearch leaders criticise proposal for cuts to next EU R&I programme and Erasmus+

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The Guild
@guildeu.bsky.social

🌍 #FP10 must provide "opportunities for Europe's leading researchers to scale up collaboration across disciplines and institutions to pursue ambitious, high-risk, high-reward research"⤵️

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Free to read: University group sets out plan to boost collaborative EU research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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The Guild
@guildeu.bsky.social

“Our ideas…would be instrumental in bringing together Europe’s researchers to pursue levels of ambition that were hitherto not possible,” said Palmowski. Read about our latest position paper in @resprofnews.bsky.social ⤵️

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Free to read: University group sets out plan to boost collaborative EU research www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Craig Nicholson
@clanicholson.bsky.social

Free to read: European Universities Initiative alliances have cautiously welcomed a European Commission hint at a new phase of support but called for funding changes to help them drive Europe’s strategic goals www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

researchprofessionalnews.comUniversity alliances want funding shift as EU signals renewed backing - Research Professional News“Alliances 2.0” hint brings call for greater support to help initiative drive EU’s strategic goals

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Rachel Maddow
@maddow.bsky.social

It's almost like putting a quack anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of the nation's health policy has consequences. "The United States has now had more measles deaths in the past two years than we have had in the previous three decades combined...": www.ms.now/news/pennsyl...

ms.nowPennsylvania’s measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the U.S.The state has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, health officials said Monday, making it the largest outbreak in the U.S. in more than three decades.
Craig Nicholson
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The 2026 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to researchers in Germany and the US who found a way to activate biological cells using light, which is now being used to study human organs and look for ways to treat disease www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...

researchprofessionalnews.comWork on light-activated protein bags 2026 physiology Nobel - Research Professional NewsPeter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth awarded prize for method illuminating brain function
Craig Nicholson
@clanicholson.bsky.social

Free to read: The EU must apply the economic principle of creative destruction to its future research and innovation funding programmes, according to the European Commission’s top R&I official www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

researchprofessionalnews.comEU R&I chief wants ‘creative destruction’ and Horizon opening - Research Professional NewsTop Commission official calls for openness to “dynamic innovators” and exploration of “alternative funding methods”