Scrap the RAE, says report
Academics should bid for all research cash rather than expect money to be dished out according to scores achieved in a "flawed" research assessment exercise, according to a think-tank report. The...
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Agency closes overseas offices
Australia's main foreign student recruitment agency is to abandon non-profitable markets and consolidate its activities in the main source countries. Facing its third loss-making year, IDP Education...
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UK film has talent but not backing
British universities have helped fuel the rapid growth of the country's creative industries, but this drive has not been matched by policy-makers, particularly those responsible for film policy,...
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Research items and Space Council (GMES): Competitiveness Council, 28-29 November (link)
Brussels, 29 November 2005 2694th Council Meeting Competitiveness (Internal Market, Industry and Research) Brussels, 28-29 November 2005 Full text Main Results of the Council The Council approved a...
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New EU communication on climate change pushes for more innovation
Brussels, 14 Feb 2005 Europe is to lead by example in the fight against climate change, the EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas vowed as he unveiled a communication setting out future policies...
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Russian and EU leaders adopt road map towards 'common space of research'
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...
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Europe and Space: Turning to a new chapter
Brussels, 09 January 2002 Parliament will consider a Commission communication about the need to develop a more coherent European Space Strategy. The European Council decision of December 1999 called...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK - Research in Europe: building up and building on human resources 鈥淔orschen in Europa 鈥 Nationale und europ盲ische Forschungsforderung鈥
Karlsruhe, 23 January 2006 Minister, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure to be at this symposium, which puts the spotlight on an issue close to my heart – how to support young...
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Head of Eureka secretariat calls for restructuring of network in response to change
Brussels, 26 May 2003 The outgoing head of the Eureka secretariat has called for a reorganisation of the organisation in order to enhance industrial cooperation, thus contributing to the Barcelona...
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Scotland welcomes 1,000th networker
The 1,000th member of a Scottish networking scheme for international postgraduates hopes to open doors for Scottish businesses in Latin America as well as boosting his own career prospects. Eduardo...
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Frequently Asked Questions: new steps towards a European Institute of Technology
Brussels, 8 June 2006 In a Communication to the European Council adopted on 22 February, the Commission proposed to set up a new flagship for excellence in higher education, research and innovation:...
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Forestry research comes out of the woods
Brussels, 07 Apr 2004 Pioneering research spanning the entire forestry-wood chain 鈥 from forest genetics, management and conservation through to pulp and paper production 鈥 is coming into its own,...
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ESA participating in UN's Montreal summit working for a better atmosphere
Paris, 25 Nov 2005 Delegations from 190 nations will attend next week's United Nations summit in Montreal, Canada, to begin negotiating a post-Kyoto Protocol strategy to restrict emissions of heat-...
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Is it time to get fired up about atomic energy?
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...
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New report urges French government to focus on nanotechnologies
Brussels, 03 May 2004 A report published recently by the French Academies of Science and Technology has urged the French government to set up a 'national research programme', if it wants to avoid...