Plans for a European Institute of Technology to rival the US Massachusetts' Institute of Technology are facing uncertainty amid fears the EU flagship could be reduced to a virtual university.EU education ministers and MEPs are struggling behind the scenes to settle vital questions. Uncertainty still surrounds fundamentals such as funding, powers, governance and legal status, it emerged at a Brussels hearing arranged by European Parliament committees responsible for education and research policies.
EIT will probably be launched on a much reduced scale as a virtual or even partial university, and will have an uphill task in establishing the credibility of EU commitment to tackling what speakers described as Europe's 'innovation gap'.
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