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The Irish government has revealed plans for an overhaul of its intellectual property laws following the recommendations of a recent report on innovation strategy.

Germany’s Fraunhofer centres are to set up a joint project centre in Asia, based at the Centre for Advanced Media Technology in Singapore.

The science of the very small needs big, expensive instruments. More coordination is needed in Europe to translate basic research through to commercialisation.

Thoughts have turned to shaping Framework Programme 8. Here, Stijn Delauré and Laura Keustermans of the League of European Research Universities make their recommendations.

Innovation may rest on R&D, but it takes place in a far bigger and more diverse context, says the UK’s new science minister, David Willetts.

A new method is needed for linking research inputs to innovation outputs, says Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn.

The European University Association has published its latest report on the impact of the economic crisis, showing the increasingly difficult situation faced by universities.