Enterprise Commissioner Günter Verheugen: The Importance of Space, International Space Conference (link) Brussels, 17 February 2005 I am delighted to welcome you here in Brussels at this...
As ballot papers went out, just a handful of members came to hear candidates for the UCU's top job, and most were unimpressed. Tony Tysome reports It might have been expected that hustings for the...
It pays to study people and their mores. Stephen Phillips learns why the corporate spotlight is turning on anthropologists A bland office building in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, seems an unlikely...
Brussels, 07 Jul 2006 Full text [...] Recommendations 1. During the last two decades, a new competitive international system of science and technology has emerged. To promote its goals, the EC needs...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2004 The European Commission has organised a high level workshop in order to present examples of good national and regional polices for boosting the competitiveness of the...
Chancellor hints at higher top-ups to boost coffers, says Olga Wojtas The UK must spend more on higher education, Chancellor Gordon Brown said this week, hinting that a rise in top-up fees might...
With the EU about to grow again, Anthony Giddens found its citizens unsure of their raison d'être . But, Michael North hears, he thinks reforms can restore faith and help even the Brits learn from...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 The China-EU Science and Technology Year (CESTY) was officially launched in Brussels on 11 October. Through a series of events planned in Europe and China, the year-long...
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...
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books...
Brussels, 6 November 2006 Conference on "Europe's international research cooperation in the field of Neglected Infectious Diseases" 8-9 November 2006 (conference starts at 10:30 sharp) European...
Brussels, 28 Jun 2005 Official launch of European technology platform "Food for Life" 05 July 2005, 10:00-12:30 European Commission, Centre A. Borschette, Room AB-1A, Rue Froissart, 36, Brussels,...
Brussels, 31 May 2005 A project on mentoring European knowledge of the chemical regions will hold a conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 June. The project is a collaboration between the regions of...
Brussels, 30 Jun 2006 FINAL A6-0216/2006 22.6.2006 REPORT on Nanosciences and nanotechnologies: An action plan for Europe 2005-2009 Full text [...] Your Rapporteur supports the objectives and actions...
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...