Global summit calls on G8 to recognise role of universities in economic recovery

ByDavid Jobbins. The sixth Global University Summit, or GUS, has put the role of universities in economic regeneration firmly on the agenda for the G8 summit of world leaders in Northern Ireland later this month. The two-day meeting in London from 29-30 May focused on the challenge of securing global growth and prosperity. A set of nine recommendations, which the GUS hopes the G8 will take on board as the core group of nations struggles to find solutions to the enduring economic crisis, was agreed and circulated this week. Read more...