Brussels, Sep 2002 On September 2002 Austrian Minister for Education, Science, and Culture Ms. Elisabeth Gehrer and Dr. Rainer Gerold, the European Commission's Director responsible for the EU...
Brussels, Sep 2002 On 10 October during the ABIS Workshop 2002 'Personalisation for the mobile world', in Hamburg, Germany, a special presentation of IMAGEN (Intelligent multimedia application...
Brussels, Sep 2002 A workshop funded by DG Information Society's Internet Action Plan entitled 'Protecting and educating children in the Information Society - lessons from European projects' will be...
Brussels, Sep 2002 The word innovation is rather nebulous. The concise Oxford English dictionary defines it as 'bringing in new methods' and highlights that it comes from the Latin 'innovare' which...
Brussels, Sep 2002 Canada has similar targets to many Western European countries. Targets to reach in terms of percentages of GDP dedicated to research and development, climbing OECD league tables...
AS grades may also have been cut as part of exam fiasco Thousands of teenagers who took AS examinations this year may also have had their results cut as part of the A-level "grade-fixing" scandal....
Northern Irish universities appeal to the senses Northern Ireland's two universities are appealing to the senses as well as to the intellect. Ulster University has unveiled a six-site Millennium...
Paris, 26 Sep 2002 From 28 September to 13 October, the European Space Agency (ESA) makes its debut at the Paris Motor Show (Porte de Versailles, Hall 2/2, stand 515). Its presence might seem...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for the e-Business Market Watch function (e-business watch). The successful tenderers will continue and further develop...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The first SAIL (strengthening academic and industrial links) conference will be held in Coventry University's Technocentre on 28 November. The SAIL network looks at the...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 Text of Document 11978/02 Subject: Council Decision establishing pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council the summary information format...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The European Parliament adopted an urgent resolution on 24 September following a Commission proposal to postpone a ban on the marketing of cosmetics tested on animals. MEPs...
Paris, 26 Sep 2002 According to Douglas Adams, in his famous book The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, space is big. However, it seems near-Earth space is not big enough. In December 2001, the Space...
Paris, 26 Sep 2002 The first of EUMETSAT's new generation of weather satellites, MSG-1, has arrived on station at 10.5°W in geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. After separation...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 A new funding structure for UK space activities will ensure that the UK remains a sought after partner for international cooperation, according to the UK government. The funding...