Four and a half centuries later, we are seeing comparable vandalism: the dissolution of the universities as public institutions of research, scholarship and the dissemination of knowledge.
The combined cuts in higher education and the proposed fee increases threaten our status as one of the great institutions of research and teaching in the world, but will also further undermine our ability to select students purely on grounds of merit, and not of wealth – an issue that is already of great concern to many of those who teach here.
It is my desire that this new University becomes one of the world's great institutions of research; that it educates and trains the future generations of scientists, engineers and technologists; and that it fosters, on the basis of merit and excellence, collaboration, and cooperation with other great research universities and the private sector.
Michigan State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in East Lansing, Mich., U.S. It was a pioneer among land-grant universities and is a noted institution of research.
The preferential use of protective suits to protect health workers involved in research may raise questions of a political nature, which could, in turn, create social conflict and mistrust in the institution of research.
If a 'ride' costs £10 and I contribute only 50p, my ride is not literally free but, nevertheless, by shirking part of the necessary contribution I may be committing an injustice – as are those who refuse to contribute what is necessary to maintain the institution of research, even if they have paid something towards it in some form.
The questionnaire focused on key features of the research institutions and of research projects, potentially omitting important aspects of institutions such as external support to capacity development not linked to research projects.
Attention is drawn specifically to the 'hybrid firm' that has emerged in science-based industries, embedded in the institutions of government research institutes and universities.
Last but not least, we present a review of the projects being carried out by cooperation of governments, academic institutions, centres of research, vendors and telecommunication providers R&D across the world in order to face the energy consumption problematic.
For a committee of 10 to 15 peers from different departments and institutions, judgement of research and teaching abilities of candidates should not be too difficult.
In Europe, a consortium is established consisting of 24 institutions of universities, research centers and nuclear industries with the main objectives to identify and to perform research activities on important crosscutting thermal-hydraulic issues encountered in various innovative nuclear systems.
