Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In his first public speech as the new Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik called for a renewed commitment to research, innovation and education in order to...
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 On 12-13 May 2004 in Berlin, university scientists and industrial representatives gathered to exchange views and plot the way forward in aeronautical research. The workshop,...
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week set out the largest sustained increase in science spending for a generation, yet research leaders warned there would be very little money left over for new research...
One of the main issues facing young academics is the increasing casualisation of the higher education workforce. But the emphasis that current education policy places on creating a "flexible...
Brussels, Oct 2004 The 'Inneurotex' project, funded under the innovation and small and medium sized enterprises section of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) has created an online marketplace for...
Shiraz Maher, a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says universities have been wilfully blind to extremist groups recruiting on campus, where they enjoy freedom to operate away from...
Nantes, 20 May 2005 Minister Fillon, Mr Ayrault, Ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the opportunity to speak to you in the closing session of this conference on networking and clustering - important...
Brussels, 16 Jun 2004 WHO? Philippe BUSQUIN, European Commissioner for Research Feike SIJBESMA (NL), President of EuropaBio Andrzej LEGOCKI (PL), President of the Polish Academy of Sciences WHAT?...
The article "Business will pay if courses meet needs" ( É«ºÐÖ±²¥S, March 28) bears little relevance to the accompanying photograph of student engineers with a racing car they built in six months as part...
Brussels, 01 Jun 2004 Cooperation between Italy's National Research Council (CNR) and the UK's Council for Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), which was first forged 20 years ago, is...
Brussels, 13 Jun 2003 Research carried out by the environmental group WWF and Fuel Cell Europe (FCEu) has shown that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from European fossil fuel power generation could be...
The government's skills strategy came under fire this week as figures revealed that success rates among students on modern apprenticeship programmes have in some cases fallen to as low as 16 per cent...
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...
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Brussels, 24 May 2004 The UK Government has announced that it is to establish a national centre for research into the 3Rs of animal experiments - replacement, refinement and reduction. Accompanying...