In the thick of the row over the repeal of Obamacare and what is to follow, the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has set out its prospectus for reform of the US healthcare system
As the national assembly gathers to vote on higher education rules that could force the Central European University to close, CEU alumna Zsuzsanna Végh says the EU cannot allow a member state to undermine intellectual freedom and academic autonomy
Despite a massive show of solidarity, the parliament has approved new conditions for foreign universities operating in Hungary that are seen as directly targeting CEU
If EU Commission gives the green light, the project, put on hold by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology last year, will start in January 2018
The Norwegian government has come up with five key principles it believes the next Framework programme should adhere to: excellence, impact, openness, simplicity and European added value
EU and UK negotiators are not seen as far apart on research, but with Article 50 now triggered, getting a deal on R&D is likely to be some way down the list of priorities
Cutting-edge research in statistics is being transferred into our everyday lives, by the brand-new Applied Statistics and Risk Unit (AS&RU) at the University of Warwick
The University of Cambridge is to receive £40 million over ten years from the Health Foundation to establish and run a new research institute aimed at strengthening the evidence-base for how to improve health care
A proposed amendment “is a direct and fundamental threat” to the Budapest-based Central European University, says president and rector Michael Ignatieff
EU leaders stressed the importance of technology and innovation in a birthday declaration signed in Rome. Now there is optimistic talk of €100B for the next Framework programme, but Brexit could be a dampener
It is one thing to be bested by the mighty US clusters of Silicon Valley or Cambridge, but seeing a major technology investment go to the rural state of Mississippi is hard to swallow
Soledad Cabezón Ruiz, MEP, will challenge the European Commission to better justify the money it awards to industry for research projects in an opinion to be delivered to the Parliament on Thursday.
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