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Manchester University is to host the “pre-competitive” centre, specialising in inflammatory diseases

The European University Association is calling for higher education, research and innovation to be priorities for EU funding in the next budget cycle from 2013

In just 10 years, Switzerland has become a leader in technology innovation in Europe. It’s not yet on a par with Silicon Valley, but they are on the right path, says one German venture capitalist

The contenders for FET flagship status – and €1B funding - may be unprecedented in scale for basic research projects, but they should look to the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities before expending time and effort on devising new operating models.

The 2008 merger of three of Finland’s top universities was the spur for Kristo Ovaska to opt out of a career in banking and set out to promote entrepreneurialism on the campus. Ovaska was presented with the Science|Business Academic Enterprise Bridge Award in February.

A new study of the distribution of innovative companies in the UK has huge implications for how innovation policies across Europe are focussed to maximise economic growth and job creation

ICT has the technology and applications on hand to improve the efficiency of Europe’s healthcare systems. An EU task force charged with speeding these capabilities through to the bedside gets down to work this week

During a recent speech Bob Dudley, Group CEO for BP, said that he expects the oil industry to keep exploring new ways to extract fossil fuels in order to help fulfil the world's energy needs

Three ambitious pan-European biological sciences research infrastructures have been given the green light. At the same time the European Strategy Forum has added three energy projects - costing €1.2 billion - to its wish list of infrastructures

The first phase of a €600 million public-private partnership to build the Internet of the Future, with the capacity to transmit data from mobile phones and embedded devices is launched

There is an increasing appreciation for science in the UK, but people feel less informed about it, the latest government survey finds