Press Release: Europe needs modernised universities, says European Commission

The European Commission on 10 May 2006 took a position on how best to modernise Europe’s universities. The Commission’s ideas were presented in a Communication entitled 'Delivering on the modernisation agenda for universities: education, research and innovation', which covered all activities of Europe’s universities: their delivery of education, their research activities, and their potential as drivers of innovation. This text responded to a request made at the informal meeting of the European Council in Hampton Court in October 2005 to identify areas for action on universities that could be used to drive forward the Growth and Jobs agenda.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/190: Frequently Asked Questions : why European higher education systems must be modernised?, 10.5.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/190&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

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