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Centres search for staff
New jobs are starting to emerge from the £315 million teaching initiative launched by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in January. The Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning...
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Who got that cash?
A consortium has netted more than £13 million for the next step in bioscience. Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee universities have won £11 million from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
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250 Glasgow jobs at risk
Unions at Glasgow University say they are shocked to discover that managers want to shed 250 of the institution's 5,800 posts to tackle a £7 million deficit. But Sir Muir Russell, Glasgow's principal...
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Tissue engineering: Commission consults public on how to regulate advanced therapies
Brussels, 19 May 2005 A new biotechnology area has emerged: human tissue engineering, which combines various aspects of medicine, cell and molecular biology, materials science and engineering, for...
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US reassesses stem cell legislation
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The US is to put embryonic stem cell research to the vote again in the coming weeks. Representatives will vote on two competing measures, one aimed at loosening current...
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Israel joins Galileo: The Israel Entity, MATIMOP, on the way to becoming a Member of the Galileo Joint Undertaking
19 May 2005 The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) and MATIMOP- Israeli Industry Centre for R&D reached agreement today on the future participation of MATIMOP in the GJU in order to contribute to...
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Commissioner Ján Figel’: Towards the European Higher Education Area, Conference of European Ministers responsible for Higher Education
Bergen, 19 May 2005 Minister Kristin Clemet, Minister François Biltgen, Colleagues and Friends, It is a great pleasure for me to address today the Ministers responsible for higher...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, Friday 20 May 2005 - 10h00
Brussels, 19 May 2005 Full text of Document 1805/05 1. Preparation of "Space Council" ­ draft orientations (doc. to follow) 2. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme: continuation of the...
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IST project helps disabled users to get online
Brussels, 19 May 2005 For people with disabilities, access to and use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) can offer increased independence and a better quality of life. But...
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UK to boost child medicine testing during its EU Presidency
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The EU's proposal for a regulation on medicines for paediatric use is expected to receive a boost under the UK's EU Presidency, which begins in July. The UK's Ministry of Health...
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IRC network annual meeting
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The ninth annual meeting of the Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) network, celebrating ten years of existence in 2005, will take place on 29 June in Brussels, Belgium. The event...
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Opportunities for young scientists in food quality and safety research
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the Institute of Chemicals of the Czech Academy of Science are organising a workshop entitled 'working together in...
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Assessing the impact of off-shoring research - call for tenders
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for an assessment of the impact of off-shoring of research and development on the...
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Pre-decommissioning physical and radiological characterisation of shutdown nuclear installations
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has issued a call for tenders for the pre-decommissioning physical and radiological characterisation of closed nuclear...