Brussels, 26 March 2004 Commission Decision of 29 March 1999 concerning the conclusion of a cooperation Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the...
Brussels, 26 March 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for having invited me to address this workshop. This is an excellent occasion to exchange best practices on how to promote the role of SMEs as...
Strasbourg, 26 Mar 2004 Friedrich-Wilhelm GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, D) for the Agriculture Committee will be tabling a non-binding draft resolution on the use of genetic resources in...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 At a conference on genetics in Brussels on 24 and 25 March, stakeholders called for increased vigilance against the risk of commercialisation of genetic testing. An appeal was...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 The UK's Royal Society added its voice to the debate surrounding fundamental research in Europe on 25 March, when it published a report calling for more centres of research...
Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 Luxembourg and Greece have become the last two EU Member States to join the European Space Agency (ESA). During a meeting on 24 and 25 March, the ESA Council approved the...
Paris, 26 Mar 2004 For the first time, the 'videometer' (VDM), a new technology device to ensure very precise automatic rendezvous operations between the 20.7 tonne Jules Verne Automated Transfer...
The future of the Royal Institution Christmas lectures hung in the balance this week as Channel 4 suggested this year's would probably be the last it screens and the BBC confirmed that it did not...
British students face the prospect of increasingly tough competition for degree places in English elite academic institutions as universities look to boost private funds by enrolling more...
Having served three presidents and a series of universities, Robert Reich would be perfectly placed to advise ministers on whether to follow the US model of higher education. But he was sharing his...
Tim Gardam has been appointed principal of St Anne's College, Oxford - the first man to hold the post. He will succeed Ruth Deech on September 1, after she leaves to become the first independent...
Union bosses have been forced to retract the statement that they won a 12.2% wage hike. Phil Baty reports Claims by the Association of University Teachers that its industrial action has achieved an...
Welsh university heads have said they can see "no viable alternative" to introducing top-up fees. The first collective statement from Welsh vice-chancellors on the question of whether they support...
Will the bill fall at the second hurdle? Can Labour's left and the Tories see off variable fees? Up-to-the-minute coverage Also Big issue : Obesity on campus - are we doing enough to combat it?...
Oxford University is planning to set entrance tests for history and English amid concerns that too many students are gaining top grades at A level. The university said this week that an aptitude test...