Equity investments in Europe – room for improvement
The latest report about equity funding in Europe puts EU’s shortcoming in the risk capital market under the spotlight.
From scale-ups to unicorns: removing the barriers
A DigitalEurope report building on a survey among European high-growth companies sheds light on investment priorities and growth barriers for European scale-ups.
Fighting cancer with research and innovation
The EU’s Beating Cancer Plan covers the entire disease pathway from prevention to quality of life and focuses strongly on R&I as a means to combat cancer.
The EU institutions agree on future of EIT
The European Union finalises the strategic innovation agenda of its largest innovation community, supporting research-based entrepreneurship.
Portugal takes over the Council Presidency
The new Presidency will focus on the last steps needed to set up the new EU programmes and on promoting recovery and resilience in the face of the pandemic.
Bologna with Student Eyes 2020: A new perspective
Students’ opinion on the Bologna Process: What works, what does not and possible future steps.
Welcome to our new trainees, Manon Camous and Lucia Leoni
On Monday 1 February, Manon Camus and Lucia Leoni will start a student traineeship at SwissCore for a period of six months.
Healthy ageing from the cradle to the grave
The EC consults on healthy ageing and measures mitigating demographic change with a Green Paper taking a life cycle approach and considering all generations.
ESF+: Creating fair opportunities for all
Emphasising the needs of youth and children, the new European Social Fund+ will support EU Member States in tackling unemployment and alleviating poverty.
Swiss-EU success story: Next generation of cancer vaccines
Founder of the Swiss biotech company AMAL Therapeutics received the Women Innovator’s Prize for her cancer vaccine research.