The research councils have spent more than ?84,000 of public money on hiring consultants to train them to appear before Parliamentary select committees, The Times Higher can reveal. The House of...
Brussels, 12 May 2005 The political leaders of the European Union and the Russian Federation have taken a further step towards the creation of a 'Common space of research and education' between the...
The Hague, 28 April 2005 Promoting innovation and competitiveness – a transatlantic dialogue The Hague, 28 April 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to have the opportunity to address a few...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2004 The EU and its neighbours have pledged to take common action to counter the resurgent HIV/AIDS epidemic, including research into more effective prevention and new treatments for...
Excessive bureaucracy in Regional Development Agencies is threatening to slow down knowledge transfer, universities warned the Lords science and technology committee this week. The government's white...
Brussels, 08 Apr 2005 'The programme that we are proposing shouldn't be seen as just another framework programme - we want it to be more,' stressed Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik,...
Paris, 28 Nov 2005 Objectives and priorities for Europe in space will soon be discussed at a Ministerial meeting in Berlin. On 5 and 6 December next, the Ministers in charge of space activities...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to change their policies aimed at encouraging the development of biomass,...
13 January 2006 President van Luijk, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by saying what an honour it is for me to open the 164th Dies Celebration of Delft University of Technology....
There was excitement this week when it seemed that science would receive a lot more loot than the ?1.25 billion announced as part of last week's spending review. Your correspondent was "invited to a...
Oxford and Wolverhampton represent opposite ends of the league tables. Claire Sanders and Tony Tysome visit them in search of common ground Get off the train at Oxford and the university's Said...
What do environmental scientists and physicists think about the mooted rebirth of nuclear power? The UK should expand the use of nuclear power in the coming decades, according to a straw poll of...
Brussels, 24 Jul 2003 The European Commission, the steel industry, steel workers and their unions are to work together to create a technology platform which will define a strategic agenda for...
Brussels, 12 Jan 2006 The depression of the 1930s spawned the phrase, 'When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold'. Today, in a more interconnected and interdependent world, economic...
Brussels, 15 Dec 2004 Analysis by CREST, the EU's scientific and technical research committee, of the suitability of the 'open method of coordination' as a tool for meeting the Barcelona objective of...