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The Bologna Process of reforming higher education in Europe moved forward this week with the launch of a new watchdog to police teaching standards.

A European University/Business Forum has been set up to promote exchange of good practice between universities and businesses.

Speed – and staying close to the customer – is the key to commercialising new materials for electronics. But you can’t do this in Europe, says Thomas Geelhaar, head of R&D at Merck Chemicals.

An OECD conference highlights the hottest trend in corporate R&D. But take heed: in business or politics, beware too much success, says Richard L. Hudson.

Spend a third of the EU’s basic research budget through the European Research Council – and spend all the rest on Joint Technology Initiatives.

Thomas Geelhaar, Head of Chemicals R&D at Merck in Darmstadt, Germany, describes how the company scouts for technologies and interacts with universities.

Radiologists are in short supply in parts of Europe. Telemedicine Clinic solves the problem by remote control, with a network of doctors who diagnose patients on the basis of medical images that arrive by email.