Leader: Ease the 2005 squeeze
Ministers thought long and hard about ways to mitigate the effects of the introduction of top-up fees on those starting courses in 2005. Whatever they say now about prospective gap-year students...
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Increasing human resources for science and technology in Europe - Conference presentations now available (links)
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 Page link DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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EP Briefing 2004-04-19: European Space Policy - EU / ESA co-operation
Strasbourg, 14 Apr 2004 Guido BODRATO (EPP-ED, I) for the Industry Committee will be tabling a non-binding draft resolution on the Framework Agreement between the European Union and the European...
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Universities team up with Google to make research papers more accessible
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 The popular search engine Google has launched a pilot project with 17 universities around the world, including institutes in Italy and the UK, aimed at improving access to...
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Commission launches public consultation on innovation action plan
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 The Commission's Enterprise Directorate-General is developing a new innovation action plan, and has launched a public consultation to gather contributions from innovation...
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Today's news
3 in 4 women feel unsafe on campus Three-quarters of female students do not always feel safe walking around their university campus at night, the Sodexho-Times Higher university lifestyle survey has...
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Latest research news
Blair 'adrift' on environment, warns leading green adviser A critique of Tony Blair's green credentials by Britain's leading environmentalist accuses his government of being dangerously deluded in...
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EU funds project to improve organic food chain
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 Under the thematic priority 'Food Quality and Safety' of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), the European Commission is funding an Integrated Project called '...
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Greenland's ice cap doomed to disappearance, say scientists
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 A team of European scientists has warned that global warning could lead to the disappearance of Greenland's entire ice cap within 1,000 years, and the subsequent drowning of...
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EU spending on organic food doubled over five years
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 A new report has found that European consumers are now spending twice as much on organic food as they did in the late 1990s. According to the report, however, price remains a...
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Climate change conference, Brussels
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 The second Brussels Climate Change Conference will be held in Brussels on 11 and 12 May. The aim of the conference is to discuss recent EU and international developments, and to...
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EEA seeks new members for scientific committee
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a call for expressions of interest in membership of its scientific committee. The scientific committee assists the EEA...
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Today's news
Labour dismantling state schools, warns NUT leader The government is "hell bent" on dismantling the state education system, Doug McAvoy, outgoing leader of the National Union of Teachers declared...
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Today's news
Magdalen rise to the Oxbridge challenge They may have lost the Boat Race but Oxford salvaged varsity pride last night when they defeated their ancient rivals, Cambridge, in the final of University...
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EESC Opinion: Disputes relating to the Community patent (link)
Brussels, 31 March 2004 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Justice in disputes relating to the...