EU: Europe’s universities and businesses must work together says European commissioner
February 1st, 2008
By Renée Cordes, in Brussels
Europe's universities and companies must work together as a matter of urgency to ensure a more productive, mobile workforce, European Union (EU) education Commissioner Ján Figel has told the first European University/Business Forum in Brussels.
"Europe a has been too weak for too long in bringing the worlds of university academia and business enterprise together, to achieve successful commercial exploitation of academic excellence," he said, adding that universities here have tended to shy away from 'getting their hands ...
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