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Researchers gathered in Brussels this week to hear details of the Framework Programme 7 Marie Curie scheme which will provide €400 million between now and 2013 to fund staff exchanges between businesses and universities.

Nottingham University in the UK opened a new GBP4.4 million centre for clean chemistry and engineering.

The Slovenian government is launching a new call for donations from the private sector to help the Western Balkans improve its science base, with an emphasis on laboratory facilities.

By all means focus on funding – but let’s spend more on fundamentally redesigning educational systems: less energy on testing outdated models and more on trying new technologies.

The Romanian government is launching a campaign to make science and technology development a key to prosperity and peace in the strife-torn Western Balkans.

The UN “think tank” wants to step up collaborations, says its new rector. Part of a series on university tech-transfer strategies.