Brussels, 7 April 2005 The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures today presented the European Commission with its first “List of Opportunities” – 23...
Brussels, 7th April 2005 th Framework Programme prioritised amid highexpectations Security has been included in the list of priority research themes in the Commission proposal for the 7th Framework...
Brussels, 7th April 2005 Security and space research together form a new priority under the proposal for the 7th Framework Programme for Research & Development published today. Security and...
Brussels, 7th April 2005 What is the Commission doing to deliver on the re-launched Lisbon agenda? How can EU Euros be most effectively invested in creating growth and jobs? By tabling the first...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 The Commission's European TrendChart on Innovation has published a report entitled 'Innovation Policy in Europe 2004', providing an overview of the challenges faced by EU Member...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 A team of UK-Australian astronomers are to use a new instrument to look back 12.8 billion years to a time when the first stars were appearing following the Big Bang. The project...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 An initiative designed to assist European information and communication technologies (ICT) researchers wishing to find project partners in India has been launched. The scheme is...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 Members of the European Parliament's committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE) have welcomed the positive contribution made by Eureka to Europe's research environment....
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 A training course on how to draft a successful proposal for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Paris, France, on 8 and 9 June. The aim of the event is to...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 A conference entitled 'Networking and clustering: a dynamic to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe', will take place in Nantes, France, from 18 to 21 May. The...
Oxford college guilty of race discrimination Oxford University was yesterday accused of "institutional racism" after an employment tribunal ruled that a former accountant had been the victim of race...
"Don't overpromote your university, v-cs warned" - headline in The Times Higher, April 1 . From: The Office of the President and Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff I have recently been informed...
Little more than a year ago, higher education was at the top of the political agenda. The parties felt so strongly about tuition fees that even many Labour loyalists were prepared to bring down the...
Very few items of public expenditure ever double in size. But that is the suggested jump in European Union research spending between the current Framework 6 Programme and Framework 7, which is due to...
The conclusion reached in The Times Higher last week ("Bodleian may not survive cut intact", April 1) is so far from describing the situation accurately that I can only hope it was intended as an...