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Next commissioner "to focus solely on research, innovation and education" (K. Deketelaere, Leru)

"Ideally, the next commissioner should be able to focus solely on research, innovation, and education. No culture, no sports, no youth, nothing additional. The portfolio of Mariya Gabriel and Iliana Ivanova was just way too broad to devote enough attention to research, innovation and education"…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 336920
• Published on 11/09/24 at 12:12
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European competitiveness: a need to focus on innovation, decarbonisation and security (M. Draghi)

"Europe has the foundations in place to be a highly competitive economy. Yet growth in the EU has been slowing, driven by weakening productivity growth, calling into question Europe’s ability to meet its ambitions", states Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of Italy, in his report on the future…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Deeptech, …
• Article # 336946
• Published on 10/09/24 at 18:24
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European university alliances:"France must play a leadership role" (D. Itier, French R&I&E Ministry)

"I don't know what the future of alliances will be, and I'm not sure the European Commission does either. They have 64 very different alliances, and they don't seem to have a clear strategy for managing them in the long term. There's everything to build, and I think that France must play a certain…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): European commission, State, Universities, …
• Article # 336706
• Published on 09/09/24 at 16:56
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🚨 [Agenda] HEIs conferences and events in Europe from 09/09/2024

EFMD, EUA, the European Commission... these HEIs (Higher education institutions) host events from 09/09/2024. News Tank's agenda purpose is to provide an overview of the events taking place in the higher education, research and innovation ecosystem in Europe. We focus on: • events taking…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , …
• Article # 336745
• Published on 09/09/24 at 09:55
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UK and Erasmus+: "We do not have plans for a youth mobility scheme" (Keir Starmer)

"We do not have plans for a youth mobility scheme", says Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, during a state visit in Germany on 28/08/2024 while discussing a "wider reset" with Europe but no "reversing Brexit". The new Labour government, which came into power after the General election of…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, State, …
• Article # 336590
• Published on 06/09/24 at 14:24
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ERC Starting grants 2024: €780 M for 494 winners; Germany hosts the most award-winning projects

494 young researchers were awarded Starting grants in 2024 (+94 compared to 2023), for a total budget of €780 M (+€152 M) funded under Horizon Europe, announces the European Research Council on 05/09/2024. These grants, which average €1.5 M over five years, "support cutting-edge research in a…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, European commission, Research Funding Organisation (RFO), …
• Article # 336418
• Published on 05/09/24 at 14:37
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Nobel Laureates and European Academy Presidents call for a dedicated Commissioner for R&I

"We ask you to create a well-funded portfolio dedicated to research and innovation, and to nominate a strong supporter of research as the next Commissioner for research and innovation", write 19 Nobel Laureates in an open letter endorsed by five European Academy Presidents and addressed to Ursula…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Essentials Politics, Advocacy groups , European commission, …
• Article # 336397
• Published on 04/09/24 at 18:40
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€ 13M budget cut to the German Academic Exchange Service could "weaken academic cooperation" (Daad)

"Academic cooperation with our international partners would be noticeably weakened by the planned cuts", says Joybrato Mukherjee, President of the German Academic Exchange Service (Daad), on 17/07/2024, reacting to the Federal Government's draft budget for 2025, which plans a budget cut of €13 M…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , State, Erasmus+, …
• Article # 336213
• Published on 04/09/24 at 16:29
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European university alliances : degree, funding, future... What has happened since 01/2024

On 28/06/2024, the European Commission announced the results of the fifth and final call for projects to select the last European university alliances to receive European funding. A total of 64 alliances have been selected, surpassing the Commission's initial target by four alliances. Although…
Domain(s): Politics, Institutions
• Category(ies): Essentials Institutions, Essentials Politics, European commission, …
• Article # 334480
• Published on 04/09/24 at 12:47
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One Commissioner for both education and research to "do the university check" (T. Jorgensen, EUA)

"It will be important that the next Commissioner for education and research ensures that EU regulations are helpful for research, education and innovation. In other words, by doing a ‘university check’, as we have argued for in our 'Renewed social contract for Europe and its universities'", says…
Domain(s): Politics
• Category(ies): Advocacy groups , European commission, Universities, …
• Article # 336101
• Published on 03/09/24 at 16:40