“I was invited to talk about the topic of excellence and cohesion in European Science at the EuroScience Open Forum in Turin last weekend. (This is the meeting that will come to Dublin in 2012 for the City Of Science events). Both of the words –‘excellence’ and ‘cohesion’ – carry heavy baggage. ‘Excellence’ has become the only level of research that anybody plans to support …” (more)
[Frank Gannon’s Blog, 6 July]