Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 Europe needs to develop a European Evaluation Area with new European tools and measures for more competitive and successful European research programmes, says Danish scientist....
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 In an increasingly globalised world, the EU should stop worrying so much about benchmarking and focus more of the framework conditions that shape localisation decisions if it...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 EU funded research projects aimed at the control of infectious diseases for human health under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) displayed clear European added value, but more...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 The European Commission has reminded France of its obligation to comply with a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling instructing the country to lift its restrictions on the...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 CORDIS, the Community Research and Development Information Service, has updated its 'Find a project' service for the sixth research framework programme (FP6) with project...
Brussels, 29 Oct 2004 The European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Scientific Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO Panel) has published today a statement reaffirming the conclusions of its...
Paris, 29 Oct 2004 Manned missions beyond the Moon are no longer wild dreams. For example, the objective of ESA's Aurora programme, after exploring Mars with robotic missions, is to send astronauts...
Paris, 29 Oct 2004 Several European and American astronauts belong to the project management team of the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europe's cargo spaceship for the International Space Station...
South Africa is facing a growing graduate unemployment problem, according to a University of Cape Town study that shows joblessness among people with tertiary education soared from 6 per cent to 15...
A survey of Norwegian student finances has revealed that 40 per cent "rarely or never" think about how much they owe. Interviews with students at Oslo and Tromso universities, Stavanger University...
A winter of discontent is looming for Russia's million-plus state university students as activists begin to mobilise against plans by President Vladimir Putin to scrap long-established benefits and...
Polish higher education needs further reform to ensure its graduates' skills can be exploited in an increasingly Westernised and post-industrial country, according to the World Bank and the European...
A dozen Italian universities have joined forces to study and analyse the Mafia and other criminal organisations such as the Camorra and 'Ndrangheta. The programme, also covering new crime syndicates...
While investment in education is increasing worldwide, Australia's deans of education say that expenditure there is declining. In America, federal spending on education doubled in the eight years to...
Higher education ministers from West Africa's Francophone countries are pressing for a dramatic increase in tuition and other fees at universities across the region to offset dwindling state funding...