Strasbourg, 11 June 2002 Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT (PES, D) Report on the Council common position for adopting a European Parliament and Council directive amending Council Directive 76/768/EEC on the...
Dark clouds cast shadow on FE colleges Further education union leaders forecast an "autumn of discontent" for colleges this week after support staff threatened to join lecturers in strikes over pay....
US stem cell lines will falter, scientists say Fewer than half of the embryonic stem cell lines authorised by President George W. Bush for use in research funded by the US government would turn out...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 INTAS is offering young science writers from the New Independent States the chance to put their scientific message across to a wider audience. On 28 May 2002, the International...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 Innovation in environmentally-friendly technologies must be encouraged to drive forward competitiveness and sustainable development, state the conclusions of the EU Industry...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has said he will introduce a communication to help encourage business investment in research and development (R&D). Speaking at...
Paris, 10 June 2002 Two contrasting space missions are in the final stages of preparation at ESA's Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. They are the Rosetta...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 On 5 June 2002, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced the launch of a new online atlas of the world's oceans to combat their unsustainable...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 International scientists meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 4 June 2002 for an international science roundtable, held during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),...
South Bank University lecturers strike Lecturers at South Bank University are striking today in protest at plans to cut 100 jobs. Lecturers' union Natfhe said that their members were suffering as a...
Fine universities that ignore AS levels, teachers’ leader says Universities should face financial penalties if they do not recognise students’ AS-level grades when offering places, David Hart,...
‘Big four’ pull away as research income rises Total research income for UK universities increased steadily last year, but the “big four” – Oxford University, University College London, Imperial...
Luxembourg, 7 June 2002 The Council adopted Conclusions on Biotechnology (Doc. Ref. 8917/02) that address the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. Commissioner Liikanen welcome...
Brussels, 07 June 2002 The Lisbon goal of making the European Union the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010 is dependent on the strength of science, and science's strength...
Brussels, 07 June 2002 FINAL A5-0205/2002 29 May 2002 REPORT on the amended proposal for a Council decision concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...