With Odile Quintin, Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission. An open discussion of new ideas for reforming Europe - knowledge base. A fundamental weakness of European innovation lies in its academic sector.
An open discussion of new ideas for reforming Europe - knowledge base. A fundamental weakness of European innovation lies in its academic sector. It is under-funded, over-regulated, inflexible and, in the end, not very productive. Just two EU universities rank among the world's top 20; and the EU's share of Nobel prizes is sinking to less than one in four. Inflexible tenure and pension rules make it difficult for academics to move to industry and back. And in the broader society, not enough people are learning the new skills needed for a competitive economy. The meeting will solicit and debate new proposals aimed at reforming the way education and academic research works in Europe.
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