Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 High level research representatives from around the world called on the Commission to increase its cooperation with non-European and developing...
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 The European Research 2002 launch conference, the biggest conference ever organised by the Commission, came to a close on 13 November. So, after...
Geneva, 14 Nov 2002 Full text The Structure and Focus of this Document 11. In line with the request of the Committee at its third session, this document discusses and analyses in a...
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 Experts in science, technology, economics and law will explore the impact of genomics on society, and of society on genomics, at a new centre based at the University of...
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 Researchers active in sustainable development and operators of ecosites will meet in Doncaster, UK on 10 December to discuss the contribution of such centres to research and...
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 The Commission sponsored Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE) presented the findings of its first year of work in a comprehensive Strategic Research...
Brussels, 14 Nov 2002 'Corner your representatives at the Convention, put pressure on them,' said EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin on 13 November. He made the plea with the aim of seeing...
Hodge spells out student/parent HE cost responsibility The government is spelling out, at a conference in London, why students and their parents have a responsibility to contribute towards the cost...
Old degree grades may be scrapped Ministers are planning to scrap the centuries-old system of degree classifications and to replace them with a simple points score. Proposals to end the "blunt...
Alex Neil, convenor of the Scottish Parliament's enterprise and lifelong learning committee, has called for the independent Cubie committee to be reconvened to investigate the funding of Scotland's...
Traditional degree classifications would be scrapped in favour of a US-style average points score and a detailed transcript of achievement under government proposals to be put forward in the new year...
History may be bunk, but its graduates are the future of UK plc, according to research that reveals that the subject turns out more directors of top companies than any other. The research being...
A soap opera set in a business school may never take the place of Coronation Street or EastEnders , but it has won an award for the London Business School and increased its application rate. Last...
Four Cambridge University scientists were invited to a briefing at Downing Street last week to bring prime minister Tony Blair up to speed on UK science. Science minister Lord Sainsbury, trade and...
The planned European Research Council may never happen because European Union member states are refusing to pay for it, according to Philippe Busquin, commissioner for research at the European...