Brussels, 25 January 2002 Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Life sciences and biotechnology...
Brussels, 25 January 2002 The Scientific steering committee (SSC), which advises the European Commission on Transmissible/Bovine Spongiform Encephalophaties (TSE/BSE) has published an opinion...
Paris, 23 January 2002 As Principal Integration and Test Engineer at Kourou, Gilles Labruyère oversees the final preparations making Envisat ready for the harsh environment of space. He's also been...
Brussels, 25 January 2002 Setting out the Spanish Presidency's priorities for research, development, innovation, industry, telecommunications and the information society to the European Parliament on...
Brussels, 25 January 2002 US President Bush's science advisor has revealed that the country is reviewing its position regarding participation in the ITER international fusion project, just three...
Strasbourg, 25 January 2002 Strasbourg, 25.01.2002 - The Parliamentary Assembly closed its winter session with the examination of a report on scientific communication presented by Claude Birraux (...
NHS pressure reduces medical research The heavy pressures of working for the National Health Service are leaving little time for essential medical research, doctors warned today. A poll of 600...
Salaries rise but vacancies fall Graduates' salaries have risen but the number of vacancies has fallen and the jobless total for university leavers is expected to increase. Average earnings rose 3...
An international bond-rating agency has reported that the recession and concerns about terrorism will cut revenues from tuition, private contributions and income from investments at American...
United States secretary of state Colin Powell is pushing for more money for the prestigious Fulbright programmes in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks on New York and Washington. Precise...
Catholic theology professors at Prague's Charles University must overhaul and modernise the way their faculty works to avoid closure, university rector Ivan Wilhelm has said. The long-running dispute...
The arts will play a greater part in mainstream university studies following an agreement signed last week by education minister Jack Lang and culture minister Catherine Tasca. The agreement brings...
The South African government is facing fierce resistance to its efforts to streamline higher education, with one university going to court to stop an ordered merger and another successfully fighting...
Constituency day I am sitting in the staff room of a primary school in Chandler's Ford in Hampshire. The staff and governors are rushing around because it's an open day and local Liberal Democrat MP...
Terry Eagleton, literary critic and professor of cultural theory at the University of Manchester, has won the winter beard award. He received the prize, bestowed by the Beard Liberation Front, "after...