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...
Brussels, Jan 2003 The Norwegian mission to Europe is organising a research and information technology (IT) forum in Brussels on 31 January. The aim of the event is to provide different perspectives...
Paris, Jan 2003 Somewhere in the distant, old Universe, a population of stars hide undetected. They were the first to form after the birth of the Universe and are supposed to be far bigger in mass...
Warwick researchers count cost of happiness Andrew Oswald and Andrew Clark of the Warwick University's school of economics have worked out the cost of happiness to the nearest pound. They carried out...
Maximum student grant may be raised The government may raise the maximum £1,000 grant for students from 2006, Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said last night, in the face of complaints that...
Brussels, 24 Jan 2003 The first European across grids conference will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on 13 and 14 February. The objective of the event is to foster collaboration between...