Press release - The European Research Area: of carrots and sticks…
14 December 2011
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) makes recommendations for the development of a more effective and efficient European Research Area (ERA).
European Commission appoints first Chief Scientific Advisor
12 December 2011
President Barroso has today appointed the Commission's first Chief Scientific Advisor, Professor Anne Glover. Professor Glover will provide high-level and independent scientific advice throughout all stages of policy development and delivery. The Chief Scientific Advisor will provide advice directly to the President, and will give regular updates on major scientific and technological developments.
Press release - LERU’s first reaction to the Horizon 2020 proposals
30 November 2011
With great interest and anticipation, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) has read the just published Communication and proposals of the European Commission on Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Le financement des projets de recherche « ne peut continuer à ignorer les coûts indirects »
23 November 2011
« La recherche française ne peut, seule parmi ses homologues des grands pays européens, continuer à ignorer les coûts indirects et ne couvrir, dans les financements sur projets, que les coûts directs. » Telle est la conclusion d'un séminaire de la Curif (Coordination des universités de recherche intensive françaises), organisé mercredi 16 novembre 2011 à Paris.
LERU fringe session at the EC Innovation Convention
09 November 2011
On 5 and 6 December 2011 the European Commission will convene an annual Innovation Convention to discuss the state of the Innovation Union in a form of high-level political and stakeholder dialogue involving Ministers, Members of the European Parliament, business leaders, bankers, venture capitalists, scientists and innovators. LERU is delighted to announce that it has been invited to organise a fringe session at the EC Innovation Convention.
2011 Annual Celebration Closes 625th Anniversary Year of Ruperto Carola
07 November 2011
Heidelberg University has made an essential contribution to shaping the excellent reputation Germany enjoys in the fields of science and research. Federal President Christian Wulff highlighted this fact in his address during the 2011 Annual Celebration. The occasion marked the close of the year of festivities honouring the university’s 625th anniversary and simultaneously welcomed the start of the new academic year.
Provost University College London appointed to chair NHS Commissioning Board
19 October 2011
UCL President and Provost Malcolm Grant has been named as preferred choice to chair the new NHS Commissioning Board, the body which, under the Government’s Bill now before Parliament, will be responsible for arranging and overseeing the provision of NHS services in England.
Lord Sainsbury elected Cambridge University chancellor
17 October 2011
Lord Sainsbury of Turville will be the next Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, replacing the Duke of Edinburgh who stood down in June.
New addition to LMU’s HighTechCampus – Foundation stone for the Biomedical Center now in place
05 October 2011
Munich, 30 September 2011 – A new chapter in the ongoing story of LMU’s HighTechCampus in Großhadern/Martinsried began yesterday, as the foundation stone was laid for the new Biomedical Center (BMC). Some 125 million Euros have been allocated to cover the cost of construction of the BMC, which incorporates the Center for Applied Cell Research. A further 19 million Euros will be spent on equipping the new facilities.
LERU congratulates Nobel Prize winner Jules Hoffmann
04 October 2011
The 2011 Nobel Prize for medicine goes to Jules Hoffmann (University of Strasbourg) and American immunologist Bruce Beutler, who share it with Canadian Ralph Steinman for their revolutionary findings concerning the activation of the immune system.
