When it comes to the crunch...
The economic downturn is affecting most sectors in the UK, including higher education. But, writes Hannah Fearn, it is not necessarily all bad news
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EGEE becomes world largest scientific grid
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU funded 'enabling Grids for e-science' (EGEE) project is processing more than 30,000 computing jobs a day - over a million a month - making it the world's largest...
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State aid: Commission authorises aid scheme by the French Agence de l’innovation industrielle for innovation-mobilising programmes
Brussels, 19th July 2006 Agence de l’innovation industrielle forinnovation-mobilising programmes The European Commission has decided not to raise any objections under the Community rules on...
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Appointments
The University of Portsmouth has appointed the veteran higher education communications expert Peter Reader as its new director of marketing and communications. He is former president of the European...
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Companies benefit from making better use of women researchers
Vienna, 15 May 2006 Companies with well-managed gender mainstreaming policies often see an improvement in their economic performance. This is a key finding of a report on Women in Science and...
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EICTA publishes an i2010 White paper on Innovation and Investment in Research
Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 In June 2005, the European Commission launched the i2010 strategy for modernising and deploying all appropriate policy tools to stimulate the development of the digital economy...
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Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 25 September 2006 (full version)
Brussels, 22nd September 2006 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 25 September under the chairmanship of Mauri Pekkarinen, Finnish Minister of Trade and Industry. The...
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The long march
China is hungry for Western-style universities, not least to fuel its economy. Phil Baty reports on the efforts to uproot corruption and bureaucracy and build a dynamic and vibrant world-class system
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Beyond the league of gentlemen
Matthew Reisz charts learned societies' evolution from a world of armchairs and empire to inclusive, forward-thinking advocates for their disciplines
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Published this week
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- Open Business Innovation Leadership: The Emergence of the Stakeholder UniversityEdited by Aldo Romano, professor of innovation management, University of Salento. Palgrave...
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French government tells of 'competitiveness clusters' success story
Brussels, 04 Sep 2006 The French government has produced the first annual review of its regional clusters of competitiveness initiative, finding that results so far would suggest that the clusters...
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A web of disasters waiting to occur
The Next Catastrophe
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David BYRNE: Driving Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth in Europe, Governors' Meeting for Health Care Industry, Food Beverage, Retail and Consumer Goods - WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM - New York, 3rd Febr
New York, 3rd February 2002 Introduction It is a great pleasure to have been invited here this evening to address such a distinguished audience from the health care, food beverage, retail and...
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Presidency questions for exchange of views on modernising higher education in Europe
Brussels, October 2006 Full text of Document 14185/06 Suite of documents 14185/06 Brussels, 25 October NOTE from Presidency to Permanent Representatives Committee (Part 1) No. prev. doc.: 14165/06...
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I can't hear you...
Ministers regularly state their commitment to 'evidence-based' policy, but then seem to ignore academics. Rebecca Attwood asks if it is merely confusion over what constitutes evidence