Brussels, 12th March 2004 The Council failed to reach agreement on the proposed Regulation creating a Community Patent, despite the agreement on the broad outlines reached by the same Council in...
Brussels, 12th March 2004 The Council adopted its contribution to the Spring European Council, which will review progress on the Lisbon strategy of economic, social and environmental renewal. This...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 1004/04 1. GALILEO ­ Negotiations with Israel with a view to a co-operation agreement on the development of a civil Global Navigation Satellite...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 304/2/03 Revision 02 Suite of documents 304/2/03 Following the 158th CSO meeting on 16/17 February 2004 in Skopje, delegations will find attached revised...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 'Walk the talk' was the message sent to politicians at the European Business Summit taking place in Brussels on 11 March. If European leaders want a competitive Europe, they...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 The Competitiveness Council met for the first time under the Irish Presidency on 11 March, and sent a message to the EU's Heads of State and Government that a higher proportion...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 A series of seminars on crop science and technology will take place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 1 to 3 November 2004. The seminars will provide a forum for scientific debate and...
Brussels, 12 Mar 2004 The European Commission has cancelled a call for tenders for the provision of miscellaneous studies, data and services, published on 12 February 2004. DG Research has decided...
V-cs set to break ranks over top-up fees Up to 20 universities are planning to break ranks with their national body and make a last-ditch appeal to MPs to dump the principle of variable top-up fees....
The American Cancer Society has cut off all funding to researchers who take money from tobacco companies after a university study funded by the tobacco industry allegedly understated the harmful...
The number of enrolments at Australian universities has jumped by almost 40 per cent over the past five years and will exceed 1 million for the first time in 2004. Although increasing numbers of...
Quality standards implemented by universities worldwide have been updated to cover everything from how to welcome new students to records management. The International Organisation for...
The UK should do more to support low-income adults through higher education, says Jacqueline King Most universities are preoccupied with adjusting to what we in the US have termed the double whammy:...
Taking the government's word for the quality of mathematics courses in schools could put university standards at risk For decades, the decline in school mathematics has fed through into higher...
Peter Knight recalls that lust and food prompted him into political action as a student Today, Peter Knight is the UK's longest-serving vice-chancellor and head of the University of Central England...