“This was new in Europe, Universities started to develop strategies for nurturing their young talent”, European Research Council President Helga Nowotny takes stock of the impact of EU investment in the avant-garde of researchers.
New Erasmus, more diversity
Karina Ufert unveils key elements of the new Erasmus+ programme. There will be top-ups for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. “Hopefully this will stimulate countries to come up with a clear definition and data about these groups.”
Development First, Unification Later
While most South Koreans were illiterate sixty years ago, they are now topping most international rankings like PISA and PIAAC. What could other countries learn from this technologically advanced Asian Tiger?
Victor Hugo still rules EU copyright
Big Data, and the possibility to ‘mine’ them has huge scientific potential, but in Europe Victor Hugo still rules copyright. That means the right to read is not the right to mine.
Jealous of the German liver
Professor Roel van Driel has a dream. He would like to unravel the mysteries of the metabolic system, but his dream still needs a team. The German ‘Virtual Liver Network’ serves as his prime example on how to get his research on lungs organized.
Europe leading Brain Race
In ten years’ time Henry Markram wants to simulate the human brain on a super computer. Whereas Obama has pledged $ 100 million to a similar brain project, the EU already invested € 1 billion in the ambitious project.
Knowledge city on the Equator
Former Latin American developing countries are rapidly transforming into competitive knowledge economies. And it’s not just Brazil that is booming. Ecuador is ambitious too and builds a world-class ‘City of Knowledge’ to move away from a mining-economy and lift millions from poverty.