French research rejig gets lukewarm reception
Ministers have put forward long-awaited reforms aimed at improving the international standing of French research, making scientific careers more attractive and promoting co-operation between the...
Ministers have put forward long-awaited reforms aimed at improving the international standing of French research, making scientific careers more attractive and promoting co-operation between the...
Brussels, 18 Jul 2003 The promotion of women in industrial research will be the subject of an international conference to be held on 10 and 11 October in Berlin, Germany. The European Commission and...
France's young people need better and earlier guidance to help them choose the university course that suits them best, a report presented to Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin concludes, writes...
Deadline: 31/12/2001
Brussels, 6 January 2003 The Bernard Gregory Association has launched its 2003 programme entitled 'Skills evaluation - A new chapter for the thesis'. The programme aims to help PhD students (in the...
Are you obsessed with a 'baggy monster' or has a photocopied pamphlet sparked your passion for a whole new area of research? To kick off our new weekly series, leading scholars explain which books...
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 French Minister for National Education, Higher Education and Research Gilles de Robien, presented a new bill on the future national research programme on 5 October, the 'pact...
Brussels, 05 Mar 2004 A French survey has found that the difficulty of combining career and family roles hampers the international mobility of female researchers. Although the move to postdoc is as...
Brussels, 05 Mar 2004 A French survey has found that the difficulty of combining career and family roles hampers the international mobility of female researchers. Although the move to postdoc is as...
William Empson
France's oldest grande ecole, the elite engineering school Ponts et Chaussées, is undergoing a transformation as it opens up internationally and expands its programmes to provide more management and...
Brussels, 02 Jul 2004 Europe needs to promote the scientific and technical diasporas of 'southern brains' to enrich its scientific and technical cooperation policy, states a report conducted at the...
Brussels, 28 May 2002 Following the positive vote in the European Parliament on 15 May, the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 (FP6) is likely to become fully operational in a few months....
Brussels, 21 March 2002 Conscious that research is losing out because of various barriers restricting the number of women becoming involved in science, the French Ministry for research has launched a...
The head of France's national medical research institute outlines his priorities for Jane Marshall. Inserm, France's national institute of health and medical research, has a new leader. Last month,...