by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation
2010 In June 2009, university and industry leaders from around the world gathered in Glion-above-Montreux, Switzerland, at the VII Glion Colloquium to consider the role of research universities in an innovationdriven, global society. Launched in 1998 by Professors Luc...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Challenges, Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Bernd Huber, Ludwig Maximilian University 2010 For more than 200 years, the German university system has followed the ideas of Wilhelm von Humboldt — the unity of research and teaching, the freedom of teaching being the most important of Humboldt’s principles. These...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
Luc Weber 2010 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800 years in Cambridge, new...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Missions & Responsibilities
Frans Van Vught, University of Twente 2010 There is widespread agreement among economists that international forces have changed the nature of economic development (Soete, 2006). National markets have become increasingly interrelated, and goods, services, capital,...
by GK | Jan 1, 2010 | Chapters and other contributions, Financial Resources, Governance and leadership
Michel Bénard, HP University Relations 2010 As recorded since the very beginning of our written history, knowledge has been progressing by accumulating the experience of past and present generations (Van Doren, 1991). The creation of new knowledge has been performed...
