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The campaign to prevent cuts to the EU research budget organised by the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) is still underway with a petition calling for a stop to the cuts gathering 153,000 signatures so far. The list of signatures has already been handed over to the presidents of the Commission, Parliament and European Council as well as the French president.

EERA supports the "San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment" which is a worldwide initiative to put an end to the misuse of the impact factor. The group of researchers who drafted the declaration seek "to improve the ways in which the output of scientific research is evaluated by funding agencies, academic institutions, and other parties".

WERA has now added four new International Research Networks (IRNs) to its research portfolio. The total of 11 IRNs seek to contribute to a truly global educational research community.

The Season School "Educational Design Research as a Means to Strengthen Relationships between Curriculum Research, Practice and Policy" will take place November 5– 8, 2013 at University of Jaen, Spain. Applications need to be sent to Marian Nijhuis (oena@slo.nl) by June 30, 2013.

In her reply to the Joint Letter, Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn talks of "stepping away from a programme exclusively dedicated to SSH" and highlights that "performing interdisciplinary work" is central to her idea of "mainstreaming SSH".

In its latest letter to the Commissioner, the European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities reiterates its plea for greater visibility of SSH in 'Horizon 2020'.

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