Brussels, 19 June 2002 Measurements and testing underpin economic activities, industrial processes and the functioning of society. They play a crucial part in ensuring the competitiveness of European...
Brussels, 19 June 2002 Seven leading European research organisations have teamed up to produce a website which explains to Europeans how their research impacts on their lives. The site, 'Sci-tech -...
Brussels, 19 June 2002 The Commission has proposed new quality and safety standards for human tissues and cells used in therapy throughout the European Union. The measure aims to ensure comprehensive...
Brussels, 19 June 2002 Opening a meeting between education ministers from the EU, the European economic area (EEA), the candidate countries and south eastern European countries in Bratislava on 17...
Brussels, 19 June 2002 France's first female astronaut has been appointed deputy research minister in the new French government. Claudie Haigneré, the first woman from the European space agency (ESA...
Businesses set to determine college courses Businesses are to be given a central role in determining what courses are offered by further education colleges, the government announced yesterday....
Campus gun battle leaves 18 dead The Nsukka campus of the University of Nigeria has been closed following a gun battle between rival student cults that left at least 18 people dead. The attackers...
Brussels, 18 June 2002 In a recorded message shown at the 'Towards an integrated infrastructure for measurements' conference in Warsaw on 18 June, Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin stressed the...
Paris, 18 June 2002 An interview with Didier Queloz, one of the world's most successful planet hunters. The last five days have witnessed the unprecedented announcement of 25 new planet discoveries....
Paris, 18 June 2002 Claudie Haigneré, the ESA astronaut, has been appointed to the post of Minister for Research and New Technologies in the French government announced yesterday. Claudie Haigneré,...
Brussels, 18 June 2002 Report in full: Giving fresh impetus to the Lisbon Strategy: Progress towards fulfilling the remits adopted by the Barcelona European Council. Report from Presidency to...
Brussels, 18 June 2002 Following a bid from Japan to host the international experimental fusion reactor (ITER), EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has spoken of his hopes that the facility...
Brussels, 18 June 2002 A study by the German Federal Länder commission (BLK) for educational planning and the promotion of research has found that more female students in Germany are now opting to...
Brussels, 18 June 2002 Recent draft legislation put forward by the Chinese government aims to limit the levels of radiation from mobile phones. Should Europe be taking note? China is the world's...
Morris presses on with FE college shape-up The government is to press ahead with plans to close failing further education colleges or send in management hit squads to improve them, despite opposition...