Today's news
Lecturers loath to step up Good vice-chancellors are an increasingly rare breed, it seems, and universities are struggling to fill top posts. In recent months a number of university heads have...
Search
-
-
Competitiveness Council agrees on Seventh Research Framework Programme
Helsinki, 24 July 2006 Political obstacles cleared in the decision-making process for the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for research The EU's Competitiveness Council succeeded in reaching a...
-
Member States reach agreement on Framework Programme for Research and Innovation in Europe
Brussels, 24 Jul 2006 Today the European Competitiveness Council has reached a political agreement between member states on the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7) which...
-
Cassini Mission Reveals Saturn's Moon has Earthly Features
Washington, 24 Jul 2006 A region on the surface of Saturn’s moon, Titan, appears to look much like Earth, with rivers, lakes and plains, according to radar images...
-
Consultation on setting up Virtual Transport Research Centre (link)
London, 24 July 2006 Consultation document Questionnaire The Department for Transport (DfT) in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and possibly other partners (including...
-
Project Grants
Deadline: 01/08/2006
-
Travel Grants
Deadline: 01/08/2006
-
Scientists and policy experts call for creation of international panel on biodiversity loss
Brussels, 21 Jul 2006 A group of leading biodiversity scientists and policy experts have called for the creation of an international panel on biodiversity to help bridge the gap between science and...
-
Autumn Edition of Top News from the European Commission - Research
Brussels, 21 Jul 2006 SEPTEMBER 22 Sept: European Researchers Night , different events throughout Europe exploring and celebrating research No set date: Scoreboard of investments in Research and...
-
Provisional Agenda of the Competitiveness Council of 24 July
Brussels, 21 Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11744/06 Suite of documents 11744/06 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 11745/06 PTS A 41 3. (a) Proposal for a Decision on the...
-
ESA Cluster Spacecraft surround a region within which the Earth's magnetic field was spontaneously reconfiguring itself
Paris, 21 Jul 2006 Cluster encompassing a 'magnetic null' region Cluster hits the magnetic bull's-eye 18 July 2006 ESA's spacecraft constellation Cluster has hit the magnetic bull's-eye. The four...
-
Today's news
EU ministers prepare for stem cell debate European ministers were meeting this morning to decide whether to follow the lead of the United States and ban funding for research into human embryonic stem...
-
-
First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novelist who originally trained as an architect: "May in Ayemenem is a hot brooding month" * Entries...
-
Clear look at the past with eyes unclouded
Thucydides