Anna Jenkinson

Cloud computing has become a standard way of working online – and a Science|Business seminar in the European Parliament looked at the impact on small companies

As he bows out as the founding chair of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Martin Schuurmans is happy with what has been achieved, but says it should not have taken so long

Higher education needs to put greater priority on engaging with industry, improve teaching, and produce more researchers, says the Commission in its strategy for modernising the sector

More than a decade after it was first mooted, the Commission is looking for new ideas for the proposed single market in research, as the deadline for its formation looms

The organisation of Europe’s do-or-die fuel cell collaboration has come in for (the same old) criticisms. How many more wake-up calls are needed before European R&D partnerships are made to run smoothly?

The quality of the research it backs is not in doubt, but now the European Research Council must transform itself from “amateurish” to a polished and professional operation

As it prepares to launch €418 million of new calls, the Commission says the bureaucracy-lite public-private projects set up in the economic emergency will be a model for research funding in the future

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology says it needs a massive boost in funding if it is to succeed in its mission of creating world class innovation hubs

The European Commission is proposing to increase research and innovation funding to €80.2 billion for the 2014-2020 budget

Research policy will be a significant focus under Poland’s presidency of the EU beginning tomorrow. And there is a promise to maintain momentum on Single Patent