News Tank Academic - Explore All Our Expert Articles on Institutions

Filter by domain

All domains
Institutions
Politics

Filter by year

Filter by month

EFMD: Two newly Equis accredited institutions in India and Australia and 12 renewed accreditations

Griffith Business School, part of Griffith University (Australia) and the SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research (India) obtain their first Equis accreditation, announces EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) on 14/12/2024. The quality assurance organisation also…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Business schools, Universities, …
• Article # 348352
• Published on 17/12/24 at 16:50

R&D investment in Europe in 2023: €381.4 Bn by the EU (+6.7% since 2022)

In 2023, the European Union spent €381.4 Bn on R&D, 6.7% more than in 2022 (€357,4 Bn) and 57.9% more than ten years earlier, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, on 11/12/2024. Eurostat points out that these are provisional figures. • This amount corresponds to…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 348288
• Published on 17/12/24 at 11:42

"We need to change the profile of the engineer in society" (Dirk Bochar, Engineers Europe)

"Europe will need one million new engineers per year. That is a challenge. We do not apparently have sufficient people who are enthusiastic about engaging and starting engineering studies. We need to change the profile of the engineer in society", says Dirk Bochar, Secretary General of Engineers…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Advocacy groups , State, …
• Article # 347820
• Published on 16/12/24 at 10:00

University of Copenhagen (Denmark) : David Dreyer Lassen, new Rector

The Board of the University of Copenhagen unanimously appoints David Dreyer Lassen as the new rector, says the Danish institution on 12/12/2024. The professor will take on his new position on 01/03/2025. David Dreyer Lassen will succeed Henrik C. Wegener, who has been rector since 2017. He…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 348046
• Published on 13/12/24 at 18:27

Christian Ehler report: Stakeholders concerned about the fate of Pillar 2 and research collaboration

The report of Christian Ehler, German MEP, on the assessment of the implementation of Horizon Europe maintains the intention to allocate half of the FP10 budget to the ERC and EIC, as can be seen in the amended version of this same report published by its author on X on 11/12/2024. It adds that…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 346762
• Published on 12/12/24 at 18:24

Reactions to the passing of Alain Fuchs, former President of CNRS and Université PSL (France)

"A visionary, inspirational leader passes away. I am truly saddened by the passing of Alain Fuchs. I have admired Alain for many years, first from a distance, but more recently also from within The Guild", writes Jan Palmowski, Secretary-General at The Guild, on LinkedIn on 11/12/2024. Alain…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Research Performing Organisation (RPO), Universities, …
• Article # 347767
• Published on 12/12/24 at 16:12

Alex Pellacani, DG of Università di Trento (Italy), president of Humane as of 01/01/2025

Alex Pellacani, Director General of the Università di Trento (Italy), is approved by the Board as the new President of Humane, effective 01/01/2025, announces Humane, the heads of university management and administration network in Europe, on 11/12/2024. He will succeed Paul Greatrix, the…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Universities, Careers, …
• Article # 347666
• Published on 11/12/24 at 17:12

Knowledge valorisation: "Research results not fully exploited for the benefit of society" (M. Russo)

"The EU finances a lot of research, and there is a lot of ongoing activity. However, in all the important reports published this year — Letta, Draghi, and Heitor's — it is consistently stated that the results of research are not fully exploited for the benefit of society. Today's discussion is…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Companies, …
• Article # 347412
• Published on 11/12/24 at 15:57

QS Sustainability 2025: UK, Australia and Canada among most sutainable; University of Toronto first

The University of Toronto (Canada) is ranked first in the QS Sustainability Ranking 2025, followed by ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and third place is a tie between the University of California, Berkeley (US) and Lund University (Sweden), according to the ranking published on 10/12/2024 by QS. The…

Domain(s): Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Green transition, …
• Article # 347504
• Published on 11/12/24 at 15:34

Alliances bring more prestige, status and public trust in the institutions (EUI survey)

Raising the profile of the institution in terms of status and prestige at the national level and globally is selected by 90% of respondents as the main area of impact of being in a European university alliance, can we learn in the Higher Education Informal Diplomacy Survey, presented on 21/11/2024…

Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , Universities, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 346444
• Published on 09/12/24 at 17:10