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24 July 2008
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Universities face 'mission overload', says report  [FR] [DE]

As pressure grows on higher education institutes to raise their economic competitiveness and live up to new social responsibilities, a forward-looking study on the subject argues that future universities could well face a "mission overload".

ListNews:   Commission urges European university reform
ListNews:   EU pushes for better knowledge transfer
EU still struggling with employment of older people  [FR] [DE]

Although European labour markets continued to recover in 2007, employment rates across Europe are still a long way short of the targets the EU set itself via the Lisbon Strategy for Growth and Jobs in 2000. Workers aged over 55 continue to face the greatest difficulties, new data reveals.

ListLinksDossier:   Growth and Jobs: Relaunch of the Lisbon strategy
ListNews:   EU employment reaches new high
ListNews:   Interview: Lisbon Strategy musn't fall victim to treaty crisis
EU 27 eye increased EU action on space  [FR]
SMEs hail new EU strategy on industrial property rights  
'3 F's top French Presidency's economic agenda  [FR]
'Green jobs' on the increase  
Interview: Lisbon Strategy musn't fall victim to treaty crisis  [FR] [DE]
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Personalised healthcare 

The European Commission is promoting hi-tech solutions to prevent chronic diseases and meet the health challenges of the 21st century. (read more)

Knowledge and technology transfer  [FR] [DE]

EU firms are struggling to better exploit public-funded research and transform findings into patents and innovations that generate growth. (read more)

European Institute of Innovation and Technology  [FR] [DE]

The Commission proposes to establish a European Institute of Technology (EIT), on the model of the famous MIT based in the US, to link the three aspects of the 'knowledge triangle' - research, education and innovation. (read more)

 
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Analysis & Commentary
A time for new ideas: Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe 
Paul Lewis, Economist Intelligence Unit
How Europe could leapfrog the US in productivity 
Robert Atkinson, President, Information and Technology Innovation Foundation
The new kids on the R&D block 
Gerard Salole, Chief Executive, European Foundation Centre
Global competition and European companies’ location decisions 
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
European ICT: Innovation is the key 
Martin Fransman, Professor, University of Edinburgh
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  1. 10 - 21 August 2008
    AeA/Stanford Executive Institute for Senior Executives in Technology
  2. 17 September 2008
    RFID: Towards the Internet of Things. Lunchtime Stakeholder Workshop
  3. 25 - 27 November 2008
    ICT 2008 - "I"s to the Future: Invention, Innovation, Impact
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