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Oct 28, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Jan Palmowski
Without greater national commitments, Commission’s aim to transform European R&I will fail, says Jan PalmowskiThe European Commission’s communication on the implementation of the European Research Area, published on 22 October, reviews progress made since the ‘New ERA’ was launched in 2021. Three years is not much time to bring about systemic change, but even so, its conclusions are sobering.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
timeshighereducation.com | Jan Palmowski
After a year’s deliberations, the expert group chaired by Manuel Heitor, the former Portuguese science minister, has produced its recommendations for the European Union’s next Framework Programme for research and innovation (R&I), known as FP10.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
timeshighereducation.com | Jan Palmowski
When European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen announced her designated College of Commissioners for 2024-2029 earlier this month, research and innovation featured remarkably strongly in a range of portfolios. But one priority was missing: preparing the next framework programme for research and innovation (FP10), the successor to Horizon Europe.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Jan Palmowski
With several portfolios touching on universities’ territory, there’s reason to be optimistic, writes Jan PalmowskiFollowing her re-election in June, on Tuesday European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her list of designate commissioners and their portfolios. For universities, was it worth the wait? Overall, yes. To begin with, the current portfolio for research, innovation and higher education is split into two.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
timeshighereducation.com | Jan Palmowski
The long-awaited Draghi report on European competitiveness, finally published on 8 September, provides major encouragement for universities – but also identifies several major challenges that would face them if the report were to be implemented in full.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
timeshighereducation.com | Jan Palmowski
Ursula von der Leyen’s successful election for a second term as president of the European Commission was based on her carefully calibrated policy guidelines, which will now form the commission’s road map for the next five years. The section on research and innovation is part of the most detailed area, entitled “sustainable prosperity and competitiveness”.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Anna Vignoles |Andrew Morris |Jan Palmowski |Lorna Wilson
Senior figures call for action on funding, human capital, EU relations, bureaucracy and NHS research Anna Vignoles: Fix the crisis, focus on skillsI have two priorities for the new government: one urgent, the other ambitious. First, efforts to boost our research and innovation need to recognise the interconnectedness of the different parts of the university system.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
researchprofessionalnews.com | Jan Palmowski
Research security is moving up Brussels’s agenda. Universities must lead the debate, says Jan PalmowskiOn 24 January, the European Commission published sweeping proposals on economic security. They address research head-on, with deep implications for international collaboration, academic freedom, and the purpose of EU-funded research and innovation. Universities must engage with these proposals with determination and confidence.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
universityworldnews.com | Jan Palmowski
EUROPE-AFRICA
Exactly one week after coming into office, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen went on her first foreign trip to Addis Abba, signalling that a strategic partnership with the African Union (AU), based in the Ethiopian capital, was a key priority. The COVID-19 pandemic only strengthened the European Union’s geopolitical priorities, notably its concerns for Europe’s ‘strategic autonomy’ in relation, especially, to China.
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
universityworldnews.com | Jan Palmowski
EUROPE-AFRICA
The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities (The Guild) has developed, together with the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), a collaborative venture that is without equal in the global higher education sector.
