Education

Excellence comes in many forms and attempts to rank universities should reflect this. But it should also be understood that excellence does not equate to success, says Onora O’Neill

The modernisation of France’s universities masterminded by Valerie Pécresse, is an achievement in which President Sarkozy takes much pride. With the presidential campaign looming, Pécresse’s successor, historian Laurent Wauquiez, has to sell these reforms

With an estimated 40 per cent of the EU population lacking computer skills, it’s no wonder that the European Commission is launching a series of initiatives to promote digital literacy.

Director Leon Sandler talks about how MIT’s Deshpande Center is attracting a combination of entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and managers to jump start new ideas in science and technology.

The Helsinki University of Technology is to be reformed, with the current 12 departments being reorganised into four faculties. The change will take effect on 1 January 2008.

As France goes to elect a new president, the leading engineering schools constituting ParisTech have obtained their first official recognition by the French government.