Sarah Drumm

Sep 24, 2024 | sciencebusiness.net | Sarah Drumm

Demographic change is a problem for universities and research institutions across the continent but Widening countries are in a worse position, according to the European University Association’s (EUA) latest trends survey of 489 higher education institutions in 46 countries. The survey found demographic change is a particularly pressing issue in Croatia, Latvia and Poland, and is affecting applied sciences institutions in particular.

Sep 20, 2024 | sifted.eu | Sarah Drumm

One of the first things UK founder Duncan Walker did after setting up electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vertiport company Skyports was look to the Middle East. Countries around the world want less polluting ways to move people around — aviation is currently responsible for 2.5% of global CO2 emissions — but it’s the Middle East, Walker says, where you can really get things done.

Sep 20, 2024 | sifted.eu | Sarah Drumm

Air travel is back in a big way. Demand is expected to be up 4% this year compared to 2019. It’s great news for airlines. But for passengers, not so much. Busier flights and longer queues at airports already cause headaches for air travellers. And the aviation industry’s growing environmental impact can’t be ignored — according to the International Energy Agency, it already accounted for 3.1% of global CO2 emissions in 2019. If no changes are made, it will account for as much as 27% by 2050.

Sep 10, 2024 | sciencebusiness.net | Sarah Drumm

Twenty years ago, the European Commission launched the Euraxess portal to help support researcher mobility and promote cross-border knowledge exchange. Two decades later, it has become the one-stop-shop for navigating careers across Europe, but the benefits of having an internationally mobile researcher workforce are not equally spread across the EU. At its launch as the European Researchers Mobility Portal, just seven countries used the portal.

Sep 3, 2024 | sifted.eu | Sarah Drumm

Every investor wants to find a hidden gem — a company that will go on to hit the big time, but which few others have discovered. This, of course, is easier said than done. “There’s a lot of great entrepreneurs out there, but it’s tough to identify the people who are going to make it big,” says Kristina Pereckaite, the founder of South East Angels, an angel investor community based in Brighton. It can be time consuming for investors to discover new and sometimes secretive early-stage startups.