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IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

IT is a curious irony that for an industry as technical as cogeneration that maybe the biggest handicap to its sustained growth in Europe is actually emotional. Both commercial markets and governments are swayed by sentiment as well as hard cash – and currently both influences are failing to pull in co-gen’s favour.…

An interim report from the European Universities Association (EUA) on the pattern of public funding for universities has highlighted how the character of funding for HE institutions in Europe is changing, largely though not entirely, as a result of the economic pressures facing governments.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening to take legal action against Italy, Poland, Slovenia and Finland unless they demonstrate by January 20 how they will comply with the European Union’s (EU) falsified medicine directive. They were supposed to have implemented written the law (directive 2011/62/EU) into their national legislation by January 2 earlier this year (2012).…

Is European higher education generally delivering the right kind of qualifications for EU citizens gearing up to tackle the challenges and opportunities of today’s world or is it missing the target somewhere along the line ? The question isn’t a new one but it has been given a fresh twist by the 2013 Education and Training Monitor released last week by the European Commission.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik today revealed the EU’s long-awaited plan to reduce the 8 billion plastic bags that the European Commission believes are “littering” Europe today.  He has proposed altering the EU’s packaging and packaging waste directive so member states have a commitment to reduce consumption of single-use plastic bags.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian oil exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on goods traded between the parties being scrapped.…

ONCE upon a time, an overly curved cucumber could not be labelled ‘cucumber’ in the European Union (EU) because it did not comply with ‘official’ definitions of the fruit, which included limits on curvature. The European Commission eventually modified the rules: ugly and misshapen fruit and vegetables now sell freely under their own time-honoured names.…

The 5th European Innovation Summit, organised by Knowledge4Innovation (K4I) and held at the European Parliament (EP) 30 September-2 October, found the big names in EU research agreed that it was high time for a “wake up Europe” call.  A five-point declaration addressed to EU policy-makers and the EU member state governments was agreed at the summit after several speakers had sought to identify and suggest ways of removing the obstacles standing in the way of Europe becoming a successful innovation economy.…

A major international survey of education standards has found serious weaknesses in the EU countries when compared to levels in other parts of the world. In spite of the heavy investment in higher education in recent years in the EU, the study suggests that a fifth of the working age population has worrying low literacy and numeracy skills and a quarter of adults lack the digital skills needed to effectively use ICT.…