End obsession with research, says think-tank

Feature discusses the Lisbon Council's 'University Systems Ranking: Citizens and Society in the Age of Knowledge' published in November 2008.

European university systems must do more to meet the social and economic demands of a modern, knowledge-based economy. That is among the key findings of University Systems Ranking: Citizens and Society in the Age of Knowledge, a study which the Lisbon Council think-tank released in Brussels in November 2008.

The report – which represents the culmination of a year-long research project – finds that Australia, United Kingdom and Denmark have the best tertiary education systems among the 17 OECD countries surveyed.

Lisbon Council: University Systems Ranking: Citizens and Society in the Age of Knowledge http://www.lisboncouncil.net/publication/publication/38-university-systems-ranking-citizens-and-society-in-the-age-of-knowledge.html

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