• Posted 29-Nov-2018

Council Adopts Position on European Defence Fund

The Council of the European Union has formally adopted its position on the proposed European Defence Fund (EDF).


  • Posted 26-Nov-2018

Commission launches European Open Science Cloud

Following a major effort by the European Commission, the Member States and the scientific community, the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)  was launched on 23 November 2018 to provide a safe environment for researches to store, analyse and re-use data for research, innovation and educational purposes


  • Posted 22-Nov-2018

European Universities Call for Horizon Europe to be Based on Excellence

After months of discussions within the EU Parliament on the next EU Framework Programme, European associations representing universities and researchers are calling for Horizon Europe to be based on research excellence, instead of focusing on reducing differences in national levels of participation, as suggested by some MEPs.


  • Posted 22-Nov-2018

EU runs to catch up as governments pledge more cash for quantum computing

The EU’s €1B ten-year Quantum Technologies Flagship finally got off the ground with the award of €132M spread across 20 projects. But is it too little, too late?


  • Posted 22-Nov-2018

European Vocational Skills Week 2018 helps millions to discover the benefits of vocational education and training

Thanks to 1512 events that took place all over Europe, the campaign has so far reached over 2.2 million people, 1.2 million more than last year.