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Keeping pace with today’s rapidly changing labour market
Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility offers her thoughts on today’s rapidly changing labour market
To succeed in today’s rapidly changing labour market, you need skills. And “static” skills will not be enough. Your skills have to evolve along with changes in the world of...
Novel approaches and challenges in the extrapolation of chemical effects across biological levels
Dr. Roel Evens, scientific project manager from SETAC Europe explores novel approaches and challenges concerning the extrapolation of chemical effects across biological levels
One of the biggest challenges in the ecological risk assessment of chemicals like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemicals, personal and home care products and biocides is to extrapolate...
From Rwanda into the clinical pharmacy in the Palatinate
As part of their partnership, Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany and Rwanda foster the exchange of knowledge in hospital management, medical professions and psychiatric care by funding mutual visits of their local experts as this profile reveals
In the course of this exchange, two young scholarship holders visited Pfalzklinikum, service provider...
Report reveals flaws and human rights challenges in European mental health systems
Mental Health Europe and the University of Kent-Tizard Centre have launched a new report which has revealed the flaws and human rights challenges in European mental health systems
Tens and thousands of people with mental health problems are living in psychiatric and other institutions in Europe today. At least 264,000...
The broad and diverse medical technology sector
Jonathan Evans, communications manager at the Association of British Healthcare Industries explores the broad and diverse MedTech sector as it stands today
The Medical Technology (MedTech) sector is broad and diverse. There are thousands of products on the market, from wound care dressings, needles and syringes, pacemakers, knees and hips,...
The Second Payment Services Directive: a game-changing regulation
What challenges and opportunities could the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) provide?
The Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) requires banks to open their payments infrastructure and customer data assets to third parties so that they can develop payments and information services to its customers. Making PSD2 not only a regulatory...
The changing face of Heterocyclic Chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry
Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of York and Chairman of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group, Peter O’Brien explores the role of heterocycles in the pharmaceutical industry
In 2017, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Heterocyclic and Synthesis Group celebrated its 50th anniversary. It thus appears...
Improving job search through better information: A low-cost approach
This article by Philipp Kircher at the European University Institute and University of Edinburgh, outlines how the internet can be used to provide information to jobs seekers in a way that changes how they seek work
Getting unemployed people into work is a major policy concern. Among the multiple ways...
New markets for traditional cereal varieties
Bernadette Oehen and Martina Eiseltová from HealthyMinorCereals.eu shares their thoughts on new markets for traditional cereal varieties
The diversity of cultivated cereal species and varieties has been severely reduced over the past 50 years. Even though there are regional differences, common wheat, grain maize and barley are the most common...
For malaria progress: The bottom line IS the bottom line
David H Peyton. Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry at Portland State University explores the progress being made on malaria in the world today
The annual report issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) that tracks malaria world-wide came out at the end of November 2017 and it was not reassuring to...
A call for international research and funding on locusts
Dr. Hojun Song from the Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University explores the future for international research and funding on locusts swarms in the U.S. and Europe
Locust swarms darkening the sky may be mere stories in the Bible for most people living in the U.S. and Europe, but to...
Agriculture, Climate, Change
Research crop scientist from the K-State Northwest Research-Extension Center, Professor Robert Aiken explores agriculture and crop research issues in the United States today
As an agricultural scientist, I consider it my duty to anticipate questions and problems which may confront farmers in the future. When I’m successful, designing and conducting...
Polar science communication: From North to South
A group of seasoned experts from the UK Polar Network shed light on the wonders of polar science communication from North to South
The Earth is currently experiencing rapid changes in climate, driven by the anthropogenic emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The polar regions are uniquely sensitive to...
Homes for people and wildlife- how to build green homes in a nature-friendly way
New guidelines published by The Wildlife Trusts show how new housing developments can be built in a way that provides people with green homes
The government has recently committed to building a further 300,000 homes a year until 2022, meaning that about 36 square miles will be given over to...
Opportunities for social cohesion in diverse and deprived neighbourhoods
Dr. Anouk Tersteeg and Dr. Gideon Bolt from Utrecht University explore the opportunities ahead for social cohesion in diverse and deprived neighbourhoods
Political debates about diversity in Europe are still mostly concerned with the question of how much diversity to accept, whereas the reality is that cities are becoming irreversibly...
Mont-Blanc project: preparing for next-generation supercomputing
Etienne Walter, Mont-Blanc 3 coordinator at Atos shares an expert perspective on how the Mont-Blanc project is preparing for next-generation supercomputing
Arm low-power processors dominate the mobile world of smartphones, tablets and embedded IoT devices. With data centres consuming ever more power, the idea of using highly energy-efficient Arm chips...
Legal squatting solutions for property owners and landlords
Simon Broadbent, CEO of Secure Empty Property, advises how property owners or landlords can legally remove squatters from their commercial properties
When the law that made squatting in residential properties a criminal offence was put into effect back in 2012, commercial properties have been put exponentially at risk.
Now, while residential...
How do we build safer digital environments?
Identify, Protect, Defend, Respond are the four key components to ensure safer digital environments. Here, Fujitsu provide insight
Swedish West Coast’s Creative Hot Spot
Creativity, innovation and a strong focus on social and cultural aspects of sustainability are at the very heart of developing the Municipality of Varberg
CCS answers
How CCS can help to eliminate CO2 emissions through the storage of carbon dioxide
