Universities

As US universities expand into Asia and the Middle East, a survey of 47 heads of higher education reveals frustration at the pace of change in Europe. So are European institutions innovating enough to remain competitive?

Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences will join forces to form the University of Lithuania

The theme of the conference was to encourage universities to boldly cross borders between different fields of science, sectors, and ways of thinking

Bigger, and simpler – those are among the promised virtues of the proposed Horizon 2020 programme. But are the changes sufficient to tempt industry back into the fold? And will universities like what they get? A Science|Business meeting in Brussels heard from some of the key architects of the plan

The body representing Europe’s leading research universities is calling for the separate accounting requirements for Framework Programme projects to be abolished

The many obstacles in the way of campus start-ups range from mundane rivalry over laboratory space, to a lack of a top-level commitment to promoting technology transfer and entrepreneurialism. This year's ACES winners met with EIT to discuss experiences and share insight.

The UK government has called on universities to make a greater contribution to the economy, widen access, and strengthen their research capacity.

The European University Association (EUA) is to lead a project to develop a scorecard aimed at benchmarking university autonomy across Europe.

The 7th annual roll call of the world’s best universities still ranks Europe’s jewels low, with the US taking more than 50 of the top 100 spots.

The French government has just announced the six first campuses to benefit from a €5 billion investment from the sale of shares in the energy company EDF. And Paris is not included.