By David Matthews. The secretary of state for business appears to be lukewarm over controversial proposals for a ministerial committee to oversee UK science. More...
8 février 2016
3 février 2016
Ignacio Mas de Xaxas, British Summer, Spain
By Amy Baker. Ignacio Mas De Xaxas is President of Spanish educational tours and study abroad agency, British Summer. He was prescient in seeing a lack of innovation among many language teaching providers, and talks to The PIE about the evolution he sees in business direction. More...
3 février 2016
Sweden produces promo film aimed at int’l students
By Amy Baker. English is spoken everywhere, it is the home of big brands such as IKEA and H&M, its academic culture is based on creativity and free thinking, and the country has jaw-dropping scenery: these are just some of the highlights of Sweden that are being communicated in a stylish promotional film which the Swedish Institute has produced. More...
3 février 2016
EF acquires Swiss Stock Exchange building
By Sara Custer. From 2018, “stocks and bonds” will be replaced with “study and travel” in the commerce taking place at Selnaustrasse 30 in downtown Zurich. More...
3 février 2016
Only 10% of institutes can make breakthroughs – Putin
Only 10% of Russia’s state educational and research institutes can make breakthrough developments, President Vladimir Putin recently told a meeting of the Council for Science and Education, reports TASS. Read more...
3 février 2016
Helsinki University cuts 1,000 jobs, more could follow
By Brendan O'Malley. The University of Helsinki is to cut its staff by nearly 1,000 by the end of 2017, making 570 terminations this spring, it confirmed in a public statement last week. Read more...
2 février 2016
Les P.M.E. et l'Europe - Le programme européen Horizon 2020 soutient la croissance d'entreprises innovantes
Horizon 2020 est le nouveau programme de financement de la recherche et de l'innovation de l'Union européenne pour la période 2014-2020, Il réserve 8,6 milliards d'euros pour les P.M.E. innovantes, les P.M.E. à fort potentiel de recherche, les start-up, les entreprises de taille intermédiaire (E.T.I).
1 février 2016
Strategic Priorities, Funding and Pan-European Co-operation for Research Infrastructures in Europe
Large-scale research facilities are crucial for the development of science in many fields of research. They provide new opportunities for innovations in science and for scientific co-operation. In light of the importance of Research Infrastructures (RIs) for science and the economy, the Science Europe Working Group on Research Infrastructures defined an agenda that would contribute to the actions described in the Science Europe Roadmap.
30 janvier 2016
Erasmus+ : présentation par la Commission européenne des résultats 2014
La Commission européenne a présenté le 26 janvier 2016 les résultats 2014 du programme Erasmus+.Doté de 2 milliards d'euros pour son année de lancement, le programme Erasmus+ a déjà permis de financer 18.000 projets en Europe.
Ce sont 650.000 personnes en Europe (étudiants, apprentis, jeunes, enseignants, formateurs, etc.) qui ont bénéficié d'une mobilité au cours de l'année 2014. C'est un record.
L'Espagne, l'Allemagne et la France sont les trois destinations préférées des étudiants.
La France se classe deuxième pays d'envoi, derrière l'Espagne et devant l'Allemagne. Voir l'article...
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