Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 A UK survey has found that the public are more likely to trust environmental or consumer groups than government advice on scientific issues. A poll for the University of East...
Geneva, 29 January 2003 Access to genetic resources regime of the United States National Parks. Communication from the United States. Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...
Brussels, 29 January 2003 In a few years time, all high-level radioactive waste in Europe should be buried deep underground. To check progress towards sustainable long-term nuclear waste management,...
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 The second Agrosante forum on the relationship between healthy eating and healthy farming is taking place on 1 and 2 April in Beauvais, France. For several years, concerns about...
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group has held a public inquiry into communications data retention and the subsequent access to that data. It released its report at the UK...
Brussels, 29 Jan 2003 Full text of Document 205/03 Subject: Statement of revenue and expenditure for European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) - Provisional...
Graduate jobs slump Figures published today show a sharp drop in the demand for graduate employees. A survey by independent research company Incomes Data Services shows that employers cut...
Access debate moves to schools Poor secondary education rather than discrimination by universities is the main reason why fewer children from poor backgrounds go on to higher education, Tony Blair...
Pepys book wins Whitbread prize Claire Tomalin has won the 2002 Whitbread book of the year award for her biography Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self , beating her husband Michael Frayn for the £25,...
US academics oppose attack on Iraq A group of academics from 28 American universities has returned from Baghdad to oppose any military attack on Iraq and foster exchanges of faculty and students...
Gates's $200m gift to fight killer diseases The world's richest man, Bill Gates, has set the medical community a $200 million (£122 million) challenge to narrow the health gap between the West and...
Brussels, Jan 2003 A seminar focusing on cancer research in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) is being held in Brussels on 7 February. The seminar will give an overview of the opportunities in...
Brussels, Jan 2003 Full text of Document 206/03 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action 533 "Biotribology:...
Brussels, Jan 2003 UNESCO is to host a meeting, in Paris on 19 February, on the prospect of establishing a European Research Council (ERC) to support high quality basic research in Europe. The...
Brussels, Jan 2003 European ministers have indicated that human resources and private sector research investment will be key themes for the next two year research policy benchmarking cycle. Their...