Research universities to establish global network

ByGeoff Maslen. Four of the world’s major research university groups are to form an international network as a parallel organisation to the Global Research Council of Science and Engineering Funding Agencies, established last year by agency representatives from nearly 50 countries.
The Association of American Universities (AAU), the League of European Research Universities (LERU), the China 9 League of leading universities and the Australian Group of Eight (Go8) research-intensive universities plan to join forces to tackle what the groups see as the challenges facing research institutions around the world. Read more...