Brussels, 19 May 2003 With many of Europe's leading foresight practitioners gathered in Ioannina for the Greek Presidency conference on foresight in an enlarged European research and innovation area...
Brussels, 12 May 2003 New, groundbreaking methods of drug testing to replace animals with safe alternatives, saving up to 200,000 rabbits per year, were unveiled today in Brussels by European...
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The research assessment exercise could be scrapped because it is failing to provide "bang for bucks". The Department for Trade and Industry, which is looking at the RAE under its plans to introduce a...
The government plans to make it easier for universities to collaborate with each other, with further education colleges and with industry as part of a reinvigorated widening participation policy to...
Brussels, 06 Dec 2002 Å’ Proposal for a European network and information security unit The Council heard a report from the Commission on a proposal for a Regulation that it intends to present in the...
Washington, 20 Apr 2004 To enhance the vitality and overall operation of the nation's patent system, federal officials should take decisive steps to increase the system's flexibility, openness, and...
Paris, 25 August 2003 On 19 October 50 racing cars will be in Darwin, Australia warming up for the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge; among them, a slick student-built machine that profits from...
The Scottish Parliament has called for action to give contract researchers improved status and greater job security. A debate on the plight of contract researchers had to be extended beyond its...
Exam questions that fail to challenge students as well as questions that are repeated year after year are among the poor assessment practices that continue to threaten standards on university courses...
Exam questions that fail to challenge students as well as questions that are repeated year after year are among the poor assessment practices that continue to threaten standards on university courses...
Queen Margaret University College in Edinburgh has launched a multi-pronged campaign to boost students' career opportunities without hampering their studies. A key element of QMUC's Investors in...
Up to half the former polytechnics may be effectively stripped of their research role under proposals in the government's strategy document due next month. Education secretary Charles Clarke is...
IESE Business School and consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers are setting up a $1 million centre for research into European e-business. The centre, officially launched yesterday, has been operating...
Paris, 16 Feb 2004 European entrepreneurs with innovative ideas now have help in getting their businesses started, thanks to a recent ESA initiative called the European Space Incubator. Its goal is...