GMES ready for implementation phase
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 After a three year exploratory period, the EU's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative is ready for the next step on the road to becoming operational,...
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Liikanen calls for a common framework for innovation policy
Brussels, 14 Mar 2003 EU Commissioner for Enterprise and the Information Society, Erkki Liikanen, has called on Member States and the Commission to work together to create a common European framework...
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Rift over pay threatens expansion
Conflicting priorities within Whitehall in the run-up to the government's strategic paper on higher education are threatening to produce a logjam in academic salaries that could hamper ministers'...
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'Psychocivilised' or a band of neurochemical slaves?
Forget crack - in the Decade of the Mind, legal 'smart drugs' are de rigueur. Steven Rose urges debate on the future of neuroscience We are halfway through what has, somewhat hubristically, been...
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Ministers propose themes for next research policy benchmarking
Brussels, Jan 2003 European ministers have indicated that human resources and private sector research investment will be key themes for the next two year research policy benchmarking cycle. Their...
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British undergraduates will be a minority at Oxford Oxford University's governing council has drawn up strategy documents that would recast the institution along the lines of an US-style Ivy League...
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Today's news
British undergraduates will be a minority at Oxford Oxford University's governing council has drawn up strategy documents that would recast the institution along the lines of an US-style Ivy League...
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Opposition to GMOs continues to affect EU policy implementation, says Busquin
Brussels, 07 May 2003 Europe already has a clear and reliable policy on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), but opposition from Member States and other external factors are still thwarting its...
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European Space Policy debate returns to Leuven
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 On 30 September 2004, high-level representatives from academia, government and the space sector gathered at the Catholic University of Leuven's historic Willem Van Croy...
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Hearing of Stavros Dimas (environment policy)
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 "Environmental protection is precisely the area where non-action can be very costly", said Commissioner-designate for the Environment Stavros DIMAS at his hearing by the...
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Spinoffs put UK in the lead
British universities compare favourably with their North American counterparts in their links with business, a survey has shown. UK universities spun off 199 companies in 1999-2000 - one company for...
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Experts discuss future research directions at Presidency event
Brussels, 30 May 2002 The Spanish Presidency of the EU brought together more than 300 experts from within and outside the EU at a conference in Seville on 13 and 14 May, to examine policy decisions...
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Space: for a more competitive and secure Europe
Brussels, 7 June 2004 Space and European Security In a January 2003 Resolution, the European Parliament asked the European Commission to deliver a White Paper on European Space Policy. The Green...
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Lack of information and public scepticism on agricultural biotechnology contribute to biotech companies leaving Europe
Brussels, 14 March 2003 Commission surveys published today indicate that, while most Europeans are in favour of medical applications of biotechnology, they are still sceptical about agricultural and...