Brussels, 4 December 2003 European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will visit Japan from December 5-9 to participate in the G8 Carnegie Group conference, the meeting of G8 research ministers,...
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 A Eureka project which brought together researchers from 25 countries, as well as the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), has provided new information on the causes and...
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has adopted an own initiative report calling on the Commission to make farmers of genetically modified (GM) crops liable for...
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 An AllChemE seminar, entitled 'science and society - some reflections', will take place in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on 16 December. The guest speaker will...
Brussels, 04 Dec 2003 An international symposium on medical research funding, entitled 'vision for the 21st century' will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, on 14 January. The event will provide...
Paris, 04 Dec 2003 Hungary and the Czech Republic recently signed European Cooperating State agreements with ESA. This means that both countries will be able to participate in nearly all ESA...
Crime writer Ian Rankin was first on the scene of a gruesome double murder at Abertay Dundee University when he opened its "scenes-of-crime" house, writes Olga Wojtas. The mystery was quickly solved...
Scottish universities could make joint bids to the next research assessment exercise, under radical plans for collaborative centres for advanced research. Ministers north of the border have distanced...
King's College London is to axe much of its life sciences provision, dealing another blow to science at the college. The THES has discovered that King's intends to reduce life sciences teaching and...
An urgent review of the ethical training received by British medical students is needed to identify those schools that are failing to take the subject seriously. The British Medical Association has...
Academics should be doing more to smooth relations between Muslim countries and the West by educating politicians and the public about jihad, according to a senior historian. Richard Bonney, director...
Plans for a new university campus at Chatham Maritime were submitted to Medway Council this week. The Universities at Medway project - a partnership between the University of Kent, Greenwich...
Kingston University and the Wimbledon School of Art plan to establish a joint Centre for Art and Design but stop short of a merger. Peter Scott, the vice-chancellor of Kingston, and Rod Bugg, the...
Plymouth University has increased its reach in the Southwest with the launch of a new faculty dedicated to widening participation. Plymouth, already the biggest university in the Southwest, formally...
Edinburgh University is to launch the first postgraduate degree in equine science run by a university veterinary school. The MSc, which will begin next autumn, is aimed at students with first degrees...