Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 296/03 Suite of documents 296/03 Attached is the text of the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 November 2003 by Belgium,...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A controversial vote in the European Parliament on whether the EU should fund research using tissue from human embryos has resulted in a victory for those in favour of allowing...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 As the European Parliament considers legislation on the re-use and commercial exploitation of public sector information, an EU funded project is working to create the conditions...
Rome, 20 novembre 2003 La question des Ressources humaines de la Recherche est au coeur des actions entreprises par l'Union européenne pour stimuler l'attractivité de l'Europe comme pôle d'excellence...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 French Minister for Research and New Technologies, Claudie Haigneré, has admitted that 2003 has been a difficult year for French researchers. She claimed, however, that things...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A workshop aimed at members of the research community who are beginning to develop a proposal for an EU funded Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project will be held in Cambridge...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 A European Commission conference on challenges to European competitiveness will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 December. Policy responses to get Europe back on the Lisbon...
Paris, 20 Nov 2003 Ground-breaking techniques which will be used to find tiny planets orbiting stars outside our Solar System are already being developed to help scientists detect cells in the early...
A one-in-3-billion chance encounter with a group of US physicists provided the spark of inspiration for a sell-out tour by British comedian Dave Gorman. Mr Gorman happened upon the American Physical...
The UK's first electronic messages were full of complaints about unexpected delays, writes Steve Farrar. Yet the bouts of lethargy that would suddenly afflict the net when Peter Kirstein was trying...
Words such as "provider", "underpinning", "stakeholder" and "learner" may be banished from Learning and Skills Council documents as part of a jargon-busting crusade launched by new chief executive...
College funding chiefs have promised to cut the red tape crippling the sector by creating a new tier of regional management. Mark Haysom, the new chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council,...
A "gatekeeper" body to check government policies for excessive red tape is likely to be set up next year. The Department for Education and Skills' Better Regulation Review Group says in its interim...
Inhabitants of Belgium's frontier villages are losing patience with students from the University of Maastricht who are attracted to the area by cheap accommodation. Vroenhoven and Kanne - less than...
France's professional university institutes (IUPs) fear that European harmonisation plans threaten their courses and the degrees they award. In statements issued after an extraordinary general...