http://www.sciencebusiness.net Wed, 15 May 2013 17:32:44 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76126/UCL-shares-in-%c2%a350m-of-new-funding-to-help-stimulate-UK%e2%80%99s-economy Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:04:31 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76062/INSEAD-Appoints-Global-Interim-Deans With more and more services available over the Web, those without access are at an increasing disadvantage. An EU-funded programme is plotting a route across this digital divide, helping SMEs develop products and empowering older people Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:07:14 +0200 Science|Business Reporting http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76067/Help-older-people-access-the-Internet Success will depend on ‘getting the fees right’ and the quality of decisions of the new court, EPO president says Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:17:44 +0200 Gail Edmondson, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76068/European-Patent-Office-enters-new-era-managing-the-EU-Unitary-Patent 2012 was a record year for patent filings and grants, European Patent Office reports Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:26:50 +0200 Gail Edmondson, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76069/European-industry-is-%e2%80%9cinnovating-its-way-out-of-the-crisis%e2%80%9d The UK government does not have a coherent strategy to support the commercialisation of research and is failing to secure the full economic benefits of its world-class science base, warn MPs Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:46:43 +0200 Science|Business Reporting http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76076/UK-entrepreneurs-are-being-failed-by-a-lack-of-government-support Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:13:57 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76080/More-women-in-NTNU%27s-top-spots Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:25:08 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76081/Imperial-academics-debate-how-the-2013-budget-should-be-spent University and industry lobbyists are gearing up for a busy spring in Brussels, as the Parliament and the Council lock horns on the 2014 - 2020 budget, with investment in Horizon 2020 up for grabs once more Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:35:40 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76082/Parliament-vote-against-MMF-prompts-new-round-of-lobbying-on-Horizon-2020 The problems with technology transfer arise because it is entrusted to universities and research funding bodies. The act of preparing research for commercialisation requires commercial skills, and should be handled by independent commercial bodies Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:55:20 +0200 Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76083/How-to-bridge-the-Valley-of-Death Overall Europe’s innovation performance is up, despite economic woes. But the best performers are pulling further ahead of the rest of the field, and the top global players outside Europe still dominate Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:52:00 +0200 Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76085/Scoreboard-shows-EU-more-innovative%2c-but-the-gap-between-countries-is-widening Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:39:43 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76087/UCLB-launches-new-guide-for-translating-university-knowledge-into-Social-Enterprise The move to encourage wider access to the results of publicly-funded research will have limited impact without the associated tools, networks and standards that are needed for sharing and mining of data. The Research Data Alliance aims to provide them Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:51:39 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76091/New-push-to-promote-sharing-of-European-research-data Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:50:59 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76092/Anandalingam-named-new-Dean-of-Imperial-College-Business-School She herself is a perfect role model and now Europe’s chief Scientist Anne Glover is spearheading a drive to attract more people into science. First, we need to change the image of scientists, she says Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:09:18 +0200 Science|Business Reporting http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76097/Let%e2%80%99s-drop-the-caricature-to-close-the-skills-gap Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:04:37 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76100/Tuula-Teeri-to-continue-as-President-of-Aalto-University Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:09:31 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76101/ESADE-study-social-innovation-plays-key-role-in-economic-recovery Global university rankings are proliferating, as are the methodologies and indicators they use. Meanwhile, their influence on policy makers is growing. Universities need to be aware of the potential uses and misuses of these league tables says a new report from the EUA Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:16:21 +0200 Science|Business Reporting http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76104/University-rankings-what-are-they-good-for After ten years of policy initiatives - and despite female graduates outnumbering males – the EU is far from gender equality in R&D. "This is regretful for women researchers and bad for Europe," says Research, Innovation and Science Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:46:58 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76105/Call-to-redouble-efforts-to-end-gender-imbalance-in-research Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:07:32 +0200 Press release http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76107/UCL-European-Commission-must-innovate-to-get-value-from-%e2%82%ac70-billion-science-funding-programme With the 2013 Innovation Scoreboard showing continued dominance of Europe's leading countries and scant progress in others, a university collaboration between Malta and Leuven on climate change aims to bridge the gap Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:09:55 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76111/University-twinning-unites-Maltese-and-Belgian-scientists-to-work-on-climate-change Empowering women in research is not enough to close the gender gap. It’s time to “fix the institutions” say Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for R&D, in a Q&A with Science|Business Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:03:24 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76118/Take-the-next-step-to-end-the-gender-gap-in-science-%e2%80%93-fix-the-institutions Thu, 02 May 2013 11:18:51 +0200 Science|Business Reporting http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76120/France%2c-Switzerland-and-UK-dominate-the-finalists%e2%80%99-list-for-Academic-Enterprise-Awards The architects of Horizon 2020 have worked long and hard to simplify things for researchers and SMEs. But bureaucratic barriers remain and there is still no proper system in place for tracking research outputs Tue, 14 May 2013 15:15:26 +0200 Joanne O’Dea, Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76122/Still-room-for-improvement-to-ensure-%e2%82%ac70B-Horizon-2020-delivers-on-innovation-objectives Wed, 15 May 2013 14:46:19 +0200 Science|Business http://www.sciencebusiness.net/news/76124/Science%7cBusiness-joins-Climate-KIC-community