Tag Archives: mobility

Higher education in Europe: Renaissance or decline?

Baroness Young 22/03/2012 – 6:12 am

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 under-exploited”. They recognise tha […]

Navigating the Palace

Lord Norton 24/07/2008 – 12:48 pm

The Palace of Westminster is a mock gothic building completed in the 1850s.  It was  regarded as an architectural masterpiece of its day and its remains an awe-inspiring building.  It is difficult for anyone working in it not to be impressed by it.  Buildings tend to shape how an institution operates.  Parliament would not be the same if members had to work in a completely different physical […]