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MoU strengthens Sino-French cooperation in middleware and distributed systems
Brussels, 20 May 2005 China and France have taken a step towards greatly enhanced cooperation in the field of middleware technologies and distributed systems with the signing on 15 May of a...
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Avian flu: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (approval of other items), 22-24 November
Brussels, 24 November 2005 2692nd Council Meeting - Agriculture and Fisheries Brussels, 22-24 November 2005 Full text Provisional version (to be completed) Commissioner Kyprianou provided the Council...
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EU invests 8 million euro in research into land degradation and desertification
Brussels, 15 Apr 2005 The European Union is investing 8 million euro in a new Integrated Project focused on land degradation and desertification in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America,...
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EFC Chief Executive talks of a new start for Europe's research foundations
Brussels, 03 May 2006 The recent Eurobriefing Brussels conference brought together research foundations from around Europe, as well as European Commission officials, and could mark a new beginning...
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Queen's Birthday Honours 2006
KNIGHTS BACHELOR Knighthoods Roy Anderson , chief scientific adviser, Ministry of Defence. Barrington Cunliffe , professor of European archaeology, Oxford University. Richard Hunt , principal...
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'Establishing the east Asian centre was a wise and imaginative move'
Joshua Ka-ho Mok has been appointed as the first head of Bristol University's Centre For East Asian Studies Joshua Ka-ho Mok will soon swap the heat of Hong Hong for winter in England when he takes...
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A capital case for indulging in foreign affairs
The University of London has played host to Commonwealth scholars who have gone on to illustrious careers in their home countries, writes Graeme Davies The University of London and the Association of...
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Addressing the approaching revolution in particle physics
Brussels, 10 Aug 2005 An approaching revolution in the understanding of the most basic physical laws governing the Universe will bring some 600 physicists and engineers to an intensive two-week...
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A European Institute of Technology? The European Commission launches a public consultation
Brussels, 16 September 2005 A public consultation on whether and how to create a European Institute of Technology has been opened by the European Commission today. It will gather the views of...
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Today's news
Scientists rally to save chemistry department Scientists are mobilising to stop the University of Sussex closing its highly rated chemistry department that has produced two Nobel prize winners and is...
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'As a student, I was on the front line. I soon realised just how important universities were for Islamist groups: for young people eager for new ideas they provided an environment far removed from the
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...
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Bath-time dreams to right world wrongs
Making Globalisation Work
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Cartography and creativity
Atlas of World Art
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EU-Chinese co-operation pinpoints potential treatments for SARS
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 A team of EU-backed scientists from across Europe and China have identified a number of promising anti-SARS compounds. One of which is a treatment for schizophrenia first...