A National Union of Students protest against tuition fees and youth unemployment ended in ugly scenes today when a splinter group forced the union's president from the stage during the closing rally. (...) - Times Higher Education
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Reconnue au plus haut niveau de la Commission européenne de la recherche, la performance académique de la Suisse doit beaucoup à son organisation ouverte sur le monde, estime Patrick Aebischer (Patrick Aebischer est le président de l’Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), en Suisse). (...) - EurActiv, 08/04/2013 Delete the scoop?
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Scientists made their voices heard at the highest levels in Europe today. A delegation led by two Nobel laureates held sequential meetings with the European Union's three presidents—European Parliament President Martin Schulz, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, and European Commission President JoseĢ Manuel Barroso—to lobby them to spare research funding from looming cuts in the European Union's budget. (...) - ScienceInsider, by Gretchen Vogel, 15 November 2012 Delete the scoop?
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This petition reflects the mobilisation of research communities, including younger scientists, the members of learned societies and of concerned citizens. It complements the open letter of 42 European Nobel Laureates and 5 Fields Medallists recently published in the major European newspapers. ERC Starting Grant holders, organised in the Young Academy of Europe, are some of the first signatories of the petition, which also stresses the importance of funding provided by the European Research Council (ERC) for the attractiveness of Europe for top researchers. The petition is coordinated by the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE).
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A top priority for Europe: secure the EU research and innovation budget!
We, the researchers in Europe, are convinced that Europe's future depends on making optimal use of its scientific talent for the benefit of science and society;creative environments and research infrastructures are needed in which talent can flourish and innovations emerge; reliable financial support must be provided for long-term, often risky, fundamental research. Only then will the grand challenges be addressed in a sustainable way. Therefore, we strongly support the letter signed by Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners and urge you to act: cuts in the EU budget for research, innovation and education are counter-productive as they will aggravate the problems Europe faces instead of finding solutions;the European Research Council, ERC, is an undeniable success story for Europe. The ERC has demonstrated its ability to find, fund and empower the best researchers and has changed the future outlook of the younger generation. It needs to be strengthened to achieve more scientific-technological breakthroughs leading to future innovation.We urge you to provide a clear signal that investment in research, innovation and education is a top political priority, especially in times of crisis. Europe has been the cradle of modern science and the role accorded to science will shape Europe's future.
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Researchers have a new set of allies in the campaign to stave off possible cuts to the European Union's research budget. On 30 January, the European Research Council (ERC), which funds top basic research, issued a joint letter with the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), a group that includes several dozen chief executives of Europe's largest companies. The letter calls for European leaders to approve the proposed €80 billion budget for Horizon 2020, the research funding program slated to run from 2014 through 2020.(...) - ScienceInsider, by Gretchen Vogel on 1 February 2013 Delete the scoop?
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A number of Nobel prize holders have failed to win a European Research Council (ERC) grant because their project proposals were not good enough, ERC President Helga Nowotny (pictured) told a conference held in Barcelona last week to mark the council’s five years of operation. The title of the conference, which took place on 5 November at the University of Pampeu Fabra, was “Enhancing the Attractiveness of European Universities as a Destination for World-Class Research”. Nowotny (pictured) remarked that she would have added the subtitle “In times of austerity”. (...) - University World News, by Jan Petter Myklebust, 11 November 2012, Issue No:247 Delete the scoop?
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