Tag: brexit
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Wanted: British export and innovation expertise post-Brexit
The UK needs new ideas and skills for expanding sales worldwide Peter Bellerby at the workshop of Bellerby and Co. © Julian Love If ever there was a time for UK businesses to display ingenuity in exporting and innovating, it is surely now, amid the uncertainties over the UK’s exit from the EU and rising…
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UK’s industrial strategy requires more university funding
The UK is running out of ideas. We are getting low on breakthroughs. Far fewer cries of “eureka” are being heard throughout the country. And, for the future of our economy, this is a real problem. The government’s White Paper on the industrial strategy is aimed at firing innovation in the fields of science, technology,…
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Brexit: fear and opportunity for European researchers
The impact of Brexit on the UK higher education sector has been hotly debated – but the country’s vote to leave the European Union will have far-reaching ramifications for universities across the continent. A new report from the Centre for Global Higher Education at the UCL Institute of Education, edited by Aline Courtois and based…
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Escolas de negócios precisam unir cientistas, empreendedores e alunos
Transformar ciência e inovação em negócios, garantir que as empresas não se percam nos últimos modismos do mundo dos negócios e ensinar gestores a identificar e administrar riscos. Em um mundo cada vez mais acelerado e incerto, esses são alguns dos papéis que as escolas de negócios devem assumir, na opinião de Tiff Macklem, reitor…
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No one disagrees Europe needs to step up commitment to innovation, but . . . how much appetite is there for more disruption?
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking system…
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Europe’s innovation comeback: continent gains a second chance
The years since the financial crisis have been miserable not only for growth in Europe but for dynamism and innovation — outstripped on all counts by Asia and the US. But as eurozone growth recovers, the continent is gaining a second chance. As the shock of the UK’s Brexit vote and the fragility of the banking…
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Maior IPO da Alemanha nas últimas décadas será da Siemens (divisão soluções médicas)
A Siemens, maior conglomerado industrial da Europa, pretende listar na Bolsa de Frankfurt as ações de sua divisão de soluções médicas, avaliada em EUR 40 bilhões, preparando o caminho para a maior oferta pública inicial de ações (IPO) da Alemanha em mais de duas décadas. Ontem, o grupo sediado em Munique escolheu a Bolsa de…
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UK, EU ‘must urgently agree’ deep science partnership
A new, deep and special partnership in science and innovation between the European Union and the United Kingdom must be agreed upon as a matter of urgency, a policy briefing published by the Centre for Global Higher Education, or CGHE, on 1 November has recommended. CGHE is based at the UCL Institute of Education in…
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Irish government prepares for Brexit by funding new food innovation hub
The Irish government is to spend EUR8.8m (US$10.4m) on a new National Food Innovation Hub, intended to help the country’s food businesses deal with the fallout of Brexit, the UK’s departure from the European Union. The funding for the project in Cork will be via the country’s Department of…
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IF BORDERS WERE OPEN THE $78 TRILLION FREE LUNCH
Yes, it would be disruptive. But the potential gains are so vast that objectors could be bribed to let it happen A HUNDRED-DOLLAR BILL is lying on the ground. An economist walks past it. A friend asks the economist: “Didn’t you see the money there?” The economist replies: “I thought I saw something, but I…
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