Brussels, 26 June 2002 A new survey of e-learning in Europe and beyond is aiming to paint an independent and accurate picture of the take-up of e-learning in companies, public organisations, training...
Brown promises money to commercialise research Chancellor Gordon Brown has promised more money for the commercialisation of university research. In his Mansion House speech in the City last...
Degrees boost earning power A university degree can boost earning power by up to £15,000 a year, figures from the Careers Services Unit reveal. ( Guardian, Independent ) Degree of uncertainty The...
Paris, 25 June 2002 Only three months after the launch of ESA’s Envisat spacecraft, the largest and most capable satellite ever built to monitor the Earth’s environment, the Envisat system recently...
Paris, 25 June 2002 We've got digital television. Next comes digital cinema. Thanks to ESA, cinema-goers in five European countries will be able to get an early taste of the new technology later this...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Worldwide access to better information on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) moved a step closer today when the European Union ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety....
Brussels, 25 June 2002 "I would like Europe to become a centre of excellence and a focus for pharmaceutical research once again", stated EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin today at the annual...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 (Thorsten Münch, Per Haugaard) Commissioners David Byrne, responsible for Health and Consumer Protection, and Erkki Liikanen, responsible for Enterprise and Information Society...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Reporting for the Environment Committee Karin SCHEELE (PES, D) will be presenting a second draft legislative resolution on GMOs focussing on the authorisation and labelling...
Heidelberg, Germany, 25 June 2002 Highly promising results from clinical trials indicate that alpha-emitting radioisotopes can kill cancer cells. A recent workshop in Heidelberg organised by ITU,...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 UK organisations are being urged to register on a new website designed to advise them on how best to claim a share of the 3.6 billion euro funding allocated to European IT (...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Administrations in the Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Slovenia will be able to exchange data with EU Member States' back offices on how to supply e-government...
Brussels, 25 June 2002 Commissioner Byrne will present the Commission's proposal for a Directive on safety and quality standards for human cells and tissues used in therapy throughout the European...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 Antonios TRAKATELLIS (EPP-ED, GR) will be presenting the first of two draft legislative resolutions on GMOs. A majority of MEPs in the Environment Committee is demanding more...
Strasbourg, 25 June 2002 In two joint legislative draft resolutions from the Committee on Industry and Research, a compromise deal reached between the reporter Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL (EPP-ED, D...