London, 22 Mar 2006 This discussion paper presents the next steps in taking forward the Government's Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014. Against the background of increasing global...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 The University of Trento and Microsoft Research are jointly organising an international conference on the theme of 'converging sciences', to be held in Trento, Italy, on 16 and...
Brussels, 16 October 2006 Recent news of banned genetically-modified products entering Europe, of the presence in food of the carcinogenic compound acrylamide and other harmful substances, have left...
Brussels, 23 Sep 2005 Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the recommendations of a foresight report by an expert group on 'Key Technologies for Europe', agreeing with the...
Helsinki, 28 October 2005 The European Investment Bank supports promising R&D projects 2005 EIB Forum: “Lisbon Strategy – Closing the Gap” took place in Helsinki...
Brussels, 02 Jun 2006 The news: The fifth Community Aeronautics Days event is to take place in Vienna. With up to 1,000 participants expected, this is a key event for European research and technology...
The article "Business will pay if courses meet needs" ( THES, March 28) bears little relevance to the accompanying photograph of student engineers with a racing car they built in six months as part...
Damned statistics? The UK could soon be left with just 12 or so statistics departments, with dozens more condemned to serve as mere support staff for other academic fields, it was claimed this week....
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
The Government this week urged universities and colleges to boost their contribution to the UK economy by recruiting more overseas students and becoming global centres of excellence for teaching and...
Brussels, 19 May 2006 Full text of Document 9398/06 Suite of documents 9398/06 The challenges of globalisation represented an important theme at the informal European Competitiveness Council that...
Brussels, 24th June 2004 It is an honour for me to be with you today. I would like to take this opportunity to address three issues today that are of relevance to the biotechnology sector : The...
Brussels, 09 Jun 2005 When relaunching the Lisbon agenda for competitiveness earlier this year, EU leaders acknowledged the central role that knowledge and innovation must play if Europe is to...
Brussels, 14 Jun 2005 The European Commission has proposed an action plan for nanosciences and nanotechnologies (N&N), which makes clear what the Commission and the Member States must do in...
Brussels, 18 September 2006 European Technology Platforms for Information and Communication Technologies: Frequently Asked Questions What are European technology platforms? European Technology...