POTOCNIK SEEKS TO PERSUADE UNIVERSITIES TO BACK EIT
November 1st, 2006
BY CHRISTOPHER JONES, in Brussels
EUROPEAN Union (EU) research commissioner Janez Poto?nik has contested university claims that the proposed new European Institute of Technology (EIT) will mean less money for research projects in other institutions. Speaking in Brussels to the Times Higher Education Supplement, he said the EIT would generate additional research investment, especially from private sources: "There have been many concerns that we are pulling financial resources from other areas, but the whole idea is to create new financial resources. Even if ...
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