Applied research will receive much greater recognition among the panels for physical sciences and engineering in the 2008 research assessment exercise, writes Caroline Davis. Universities will be...
Performance targets are spreading despite the criticism that they destroy freedom of inquiry, Phil Baty writes. "A university is not a corporation making razor blades for a price in a particular...
Brussels, 09 Jun 2005 Ministers from the countries affiliated to the EU and/or the European Space Agency met on 7 June to take stock of progress towards the implementation of a European Space Policy...
The Origin of Wealth
Brussels, 04 Apr 2006 Lethargy, loss of appetite, tearfulness … some common symptoms of depression, an illness striking one in five people at one point in their lives. The EU-supported...
Tourism chief executive Richard Dickinson visits Bournemouth University where he studied as a mature student in the 1980s There are buildings everywhere. Returning, it is hard to get a handle on the...
Brussels, 04 Oct 2004 In what proved to be a well received hearing for the Commissioner-designate for Science and Research on 1 October, Janez Potocnik pointed to the 'rich heritage' left by his...
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a prior information notice regarding calls for proposals for various study services, including a study and seminar on strategies for the...
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 MEPs debated the EU research and development programme (FP7). With some â'¬54.5 billion at stake, MEPs saw this as crucial to achieving increased economic...
Brussels, 6 October 2005 What are European technology platforms? European Technology Platforms (ETPs) help industrial and academic research communities in specific technology fields to co-ordinate...
Brussels, 23 rd September 2003 Internal Market Strategy (JT) Community Patent (JT) Action Plan on company law and corporate governance (JT) Agreement on free movement of EU citizens within the...
Disease and Democracy
Brussels, Jan 2006 At a conference in Brussels last week, Jan Bosch, a board member of the Networked European Software and Services Initiative (NESSI) Technology Platform, which proposes to aid...
British academics have helped to create the world's first ethics guide for universities. Ethics Matters , which is aimed at lecturers, professors and university managers, will be sent free to vice-...
Brussels, 6 April 2006 1st General Assembly of the Technology Platform for Electricity Networks of the Future Brussels, 6 April 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my great pleasure to be here today to...