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Professor Marja Makarow stepped into her role as Chief Executive of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the first woman to take the top post in the organisation's 34-year history.

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

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.

Anti-trust legislation, particularly involving raids at dawn, is no way to improve productivity in the pharmaceutical industry, says Nuala Moran.

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means focus on funding – but let’s spend more on fundamentally redesigning educational systems: less energy on testing outdated models and more on trying new technologies.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 UN “think tank” wants to step up collaborations, says its new rector. Part of a series on university tech-transfer strategies.