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News analysis: Brexit planning, budget battles and the role of multinational companies are among the key issues that will dominate Brussels agendas over the next year

On 1st January 2018, KTH will be launching a new structure which will see five schools replacing the previous ten
 

Midlands Innovation, a group of eight universities including the University of Birmingham, has launched its plan for collaboration in technology transfer. The announcement was made at an event held at The Shard, London.

Full membership is restored, but the Swiss are still counting the cost of being outside the EU research fold during the 2014 - 2016 immigration dispute. “If you’ve been there, you know how much it hurts,” says one scientist affected by the ban

Emmanuel Macron awards millions of euros to ‘Make Our Planet Great Again’ winners, but French scientists are insulted, saying their commitment is “not appropriately rewarded in their own county”

reMYND enters into license agreement to further develop novel treatments improving beta-cell health and insulin signalling with Novo Nordisk

French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed the creation of a European innovation body modelled on Darpa. Researchers at the Jacques Delors Institut in Berlin explore the agency’s potential structure and remit

Expands R&D operations in Cork – investing €17.7 million into R&D in Ireland in 2017

Web-based clinic in the Netherlands improves outcomes while saving time and money. Doctors and patients have teamed up to build a teen-friendly app and, as the system is adopted more widely, healthcare providers will be paid for online care

Programme designed to improve healthcare by paying more to doctors who perform better on measures of care quality did not show any benefits

Investment in R&D in Europe rose above world average in 2016, but there is persistent weakness in digital innovation and companies are increasingly outsourcing research to academic partners, potentially displacing basic university research

Sector deal features 25 investments from global companies and a pledge by government to provide funding for research infrastructure and long-term capital to allow start-ups to scale