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Nature 441, 691-693 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441691a; Published online 7 June 2006
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Europe pays the price for spending less
Lord Patten1
- Lord Patten is Chancellor of the Universities of Oxford and of Newcastle, UK. This text is an edited version of a speech by the author to the Academy of Technologies in Paris, France, on 28 February 2006.
Abstract
Europe's contribution to the global advancement of science and the promotion of learning is in decline. Better funding of universities and research institutions is needed to reverse this trend, argues Christopher Patten.
The British Surgeon General in the Crimean War, responding to complaints about the quality of the medical services for which he was responsible, argued that they would have been perfectly adequate had it not been for the war's casualties. I am reminded of that insouciance when Europe's political leaders bemoan the European Union's growing problem of international competitiveness.
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