We have spent the last few months examining the EU’s contribution to the modernisation of higher education in Europe, and we have now published a report setting out our findings. The European Commission is clear that: “the potential of European higher education institutions to fulfil their role in society and contribute to Europe’s prosperity remains…
“Not what the doctor ordered” – this was one idea for the title of the report which the Committee that I chair has just published. In the end, we decided on ‘Safety First’, not least because health professionals extend beyond doctors. The title encapsulates the issues that we uncovered in our inquiry, which took place…
The EU and sport probably aren’t two things that are often thought of together but a Committee which I chair has spent the past few months considering just that. The Lisbon Treaty gave the EU for the first time a formal competence to act in the field of sport. It is a limited competence and…
Anniversaries of big events can be useful reminders of the changes that have taken place during lifetimes, or over centuries. I must admit to having been quite shocked to find out that women were only allowed into the House of Lords in 1958. I also hadn’t been aware that when women were granted the vote…
