Luxembourg, 20 November 2003 C-296/01, Commission of the European Communities v French Republic Judgment of the Court of Justice (Sixth Chamber) on 20 November 2003 (link to English version when...
Brussels, 20 November 2003 Today in Rome European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin awarded the EU Descartes Prize to two pan-European research teams, who presented outstanding projects in the...
Brussels, 20 Nov 2003 Full text of Document 14850/03 Suite of documents 14850/03 Subject: Council Decision on the accession of Canada to the Agreement establishing an International Science and...
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...
Apologising for education secretary Charles Clarke's absence at last week's Association of Colleges conference, higher education minister Alan Johnson said: "Charles and I like to come to events like...
Prince Philip's verbal gaffes have led a student to challenge his life chancellorship of Edinburgh University. Jeremy Kemp has tabled a motion for next week's students' association annual general...
While the English rugby team plays Australia in final of the World Cup this weekend, English academia will be represented in Oz by Andy Cushing. The University College Worcester sports lecturer is to...
Academia seems to have gone sex mad, the Diary notes. Last week, Wendy Doniger, professor of the history of religions at the University of Chicago, had an egg thrown at her for linking Hinduism and...