It is less than 150 years since Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain, against the massed opposition of a white, male profession. It is only 40 years...
Who runs universities? To the chagrin of vice-chancellors, as accountability and funding difficulties have come to bear, governing bodies, be they councils (of old universities) or governing boards (...
Tiniest particle may hold key to dark matter The lightest known particle in the Universe has been weighed for the first time. Scientists from Cambridge University have calculated that the neutrino,...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 The EU's scientific steering committee adopted two opinions on BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) on 5 April, agreeing a strategy for testing small ruminants for BSE if...
Brussels, 9 April 2002 Today, the Commission is proposing a new multiannual programme for actions in the field of energy, "Intelligent Energy for Europe" (2003-2006), to follow on from the current...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 An international workshop focusing on European research management will take place in Turku, Finland on and 28 May. The event will focus on three key themes: the Sixth...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 - Recent opinions of SSC on BSE-related Issues, 09 April 2002 - Opinion on safe sourcing of small ruminant materials (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) - Suggested strategy to...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 Statement
Paris, 10 April 2002 ESA astronaut Roberto Vittori of Italian nationality will shortly lift off from Baikonur on board a Russian Soyuz vehicle for a ten-day mission - codenamed 'Marco Polo' - to the...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 The application of the precautionary principle in research should follow a three step procedure, according to Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, risk analysis, public...
Brussels, 10 April 2002 Commission opinion of 4 April 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the dismantling of the Trawsfynydd Power Station located in the...
Call for £10bn investment receives Labour backing Labour MPs today joined universities in their call for a multi-billion pound investment in higher education. While scores of backbenchers want...
Education chief attacks government's 'Stalinism' The government's education policy came under attack from one of its most trusted advisers last night over the "Stalinist" national curriculum and its...
Brussels, 09 April 2002 'You can't extrapolate anything from the Fifth Framework programme [FP5] to the Sixth Framework programme [FP6]. It is a fundamentally different concept because of the new...
Brussels, 09 April 2002 Seville (ES): A report on the future of Information and Communication Technologies, carried out last year by a group from the JRC (Joint Research Centre), is currently being...