EU RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE MORE PRACTICAL SAYS UNIVERSIITY ASSOCIATION
January 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLA study made for the European Universities Association has found that while universities in Europe are providing a "solid research base" they are failing to extend this into the areas of research applicability and technology knowledge transfer. "Some adjustments are still needed in order to prepare graduates and to adapt their skills to the challenges of the current and expanding regional knowledge economy," says the report The Rise of Knowledge Regions by the Swiss-based higher education consultant Dr Sybille Reichert which is based on studies of ...
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