Draft COST action on management of recovered wood
Brussels, 14 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
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Commission warning 'rings alarm bell' for consequences of Galileo failure
Brussels, 14 March 2002 Europe's high-tech industries and millions of euro of economic benefits are at risk unless the Galileo satellite navigation system is given the go-ahead at the European...
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Hungary launches fellowship for foreign researchers
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Hungarian Minister of Education, József Pálinkás, has announced the introduction of a new fellowship for foreign researchers, aimed at promoting excellence within Hungary...
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Training women researchers how to manage EU R&D projects
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Centre of excellence - women in science (CEWS) and the European association of research managers and administrators (EARMA) is organising a three day course for women on...
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CORDIS expands nanotechnology service
Brussels, 14 March 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, has expanded its nanotechnology service to offer more information on research, policy and...
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Sci-Tech - Couldn't be without it!
Paris, 12 March 2002 On 22 March, at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels, seven of Europe's leading research organisations* launch a joint outreach programme for the run-up to European Science Week in...
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UK should look to Uncle Sam for a helping hand
Canny UK universities are tapping US donor potential. Sheldon Elliot Steinbach and Celia Roady explain. British universities are clearly in for a tough time over the next few years. Signs of tight...
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Missing the bigger picture
Don't get carried away with the mega-university - there will be a price to pay, insists Colin Clark. The era of the mega-university has arrived. The recent announcement of the merger between...
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Don't deny spice of life
Get off your high academic horses over the Disability Discrimination Act, says Peter Nicholson. Higher education is under the starter's gun to put its house in order and to comply with the Disability...
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Why I think higher education should stay out of Gats
The World Trade Organisation talks on liberalising international trade in services - through the General Agreement on Trade in Services - may not sound earth-shattering, but if higher education...
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Nerc bids to help tackle global warming
An effort to crack a key problem thought to lie at the heart of global warming is being considered by the government, writes Steve Farrar. The Natural Environment Research Council has made a bid for...
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EU debate on middle way for cell study
A compromise over European Union funding for stem-cell studies through the Sixth Framework research programme may be endorsed by heads of government at their two-day summit in Barcelona beginning...
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Grant cuts threaten 1,000 jobs
More than 1,000 academics could lose their jobs after last week's funding allocations. The allocations gave about 15 institutions extra money to compensate for large budget cuts. But this cash will...
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From today's UK papers
Cannabis report clears way to softer line The government's drug advisory council, chaired by Sir Michael Rawlins, professor of clinical pharmacology at Newcastle University, has reported that...
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For the record
EPSRC pilots combined grants programme The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has approved plans to consolidate grants into large five-year tranches for big research teams that...