RDAs 'too immature' to foster innovation
English regional development agencies do not have the experience needed to foster innovation, senior politicians heard this week. The higher education white paper proposed that RDAs be given a...
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From concept to commercialisation: the TUBEK project and the benefits of EU support
Brussels, 25 Jun 2003 Taking a concept for an innovative product or process and making it a commercial success can be a risky and drawn out process, especially when such a concept involves a large...
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Feeling curiously cramped lately? (2)
Valerie Atkinson imagines the response among the British top brass to calls for more support staff To: The President, Higher Education Funding Council for England From: Colonel Truemony, Vice-...
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Europe needs more scientists: EU blueprint for action
Brussels, 2 April 2004 Today a high-level expert group presented recommendations on increasing Europe's human resources for science and technology to European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin...
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EU funds new project on cardiovascular, cerebral and neoplastic diseases
Brussels, 15 Feb 2005 The important signalling molecules that are central to widespread diseases such as cardiovascular disorder, atherosclerosis, dementia and cancer will be studied under a new...
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Prodi hints at higher EU budget for research and innovation
Brussels, 05 Nov 2003 Commission President Romano Prodi has hinted that more money is to be made available at EU level for research and innovation. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York in the US...
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Prodi hints at higher EU budget for research and innovation
Brussels, 05 Nov 2003 Commission President Romano Prodi has hinted that more money is to be made available at EU level for research and innovation. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York in the US...
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Investment in research: Europe is making progress, but too slowly
Brussels, 17 March 2004 Commissioner Philippe Busquin today reported the progress made in implementing the action plan of 30 April 2003 to step up public and private spending on research in Europe....
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Investment in research: Europe is making progress, but too slowly
Brussels, 17 March 2004 Commissioner Philippe Busquin today reported the progress made in implementing the action plan of 30 April 2003 to step up public and private spending on research in Europe....
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Research cuts cost 50 jobs
Sunderland University is to shed almost 50 staff in a bid to stave off a financial crisis caused by the concentration of research funds on a handful of institutions. Lecturers' union Natfhe...
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Ministers call for more synergy between Eureka and the Framework Programmes
Brussels, 21 Jun 2004 As the reigns of the Eureka network were passed from the French to the incoming Dutch presidency in Paris on 18 June, ministers and representatives from its 33 member states, as...
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G10 medicines group sets out recommendations
Brussels, 07 March 2002 The creation of networks of virtual health institutes and improvements to the procedure for introducing innovative medicines to the market are among suggestions for...
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Mobility of researchers: the EU proposes new prospects and opportunities
Brussels, 30 June 2004 At the conference "Brain drain, brain gain: new challenges" held today in Paris, Philippe Busquin, the European Research Commissioner, launched the new European network of...
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Differential pay is given green light
Universities have been given the go-ahead to introduce differential pay for academics. The change was announced in the government's national science strategy, Investing in Innovation, which was...
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Jam spread too thinly to nourish academe
A review of the social sciences discovers that a funding imbalance is the main cause of problems besetting research and recruitment. Becky McCall reports A review of the social sciences has found a...