Higher education

In the second part of its series looking at science in Spain, Science|Business looks at how facing up to budget cuts has put the spotlight on structural reform.

Norway’s Research Council is celebrating a boost for basic research after years of little or no growth, with a proposed increase of NOK60 million (€7.42 million).

Norway’s Centres of Excellence scheme wins praise for increasing recruitment, promoting international collaboration, and national and interdisciplinary cooperation.

A new league table that emphasises teaching quality and knowledge transfer marks down Europe’s universities.

UK researchers are told they must “achieve more with less”, as the government confirms there will be big cuts to science in October’s government spending review.

The £3.5 billion a year currently spent on publicly-funded research generates an annual output of £45 billion in UK companies, according to a new report.