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Exam board to bury Latin and Greek Latin and Greek are being scrapped at GCSE and A level after June 2006 by the Assessment and Qualifications Alliance, the country's largest examinations...
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Text of Proposed Decision of the Council and the Member States on the Promotion, Provision and Use of Galileo and GPS Satellite-Based Navigation Systems (link)
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 9941/1/04 Revision 01 Suite of documents 9941/1/04 Subject: Proposal for a Decision of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member...
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Galileo: Security of operations (Other Items Approved - Extract from: Provisional Version, Telecoms and Energy Council, 10 June)
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 The Council marked its political agreement on the text of the draft Council Joint Action on aspects of the operation of the European satellite radionavigation system (GALILEO)...
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Commission Disappointed on Research Visas for Third Countries
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Europe's R&D human resources are likely to receive a boost following a decision by the EU's Justice and Home Affairs Council which paves the way for researchers from...
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Research a key component in new environment and health action plan
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 The Commission adopted an action plan on 9 June, aimed at reducing the negative impacts of environmental pollution on human health, and placed research at the heart of efforts...
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Investing in research is question of 'life and death', Busquin tells public transport sector
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 'Investing better and more in research is a question of life and death for Europe,' said EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin on 9 June. The comment came in an address to...
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Integrated Project to use adult stem cell engineering to address connective tissue disorder
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 A consortium of 23 partners from ten European countries is to establish international scientific leadership on stem cell regenerative medicine in the field of connective tissue...
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Creation of a European centre of excellence for structural biology announced
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 A new European centre of excellence for structural biology is to be constructed in Grenoble, France, and will carry out fundamental research aimed at improving human health. The...
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Europe must reclaim its status as preferred location for pharmaceutical research and innovation, says Liikanen
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Opening a recent public forum on the European pharmaceutical sector, EU Enterprise and Information Society Commissioner Erkki Liikanen called for continued momentum in the...
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Germany opens nuclear reactor for research
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 A new atomic reactor, using enriched uranium and aimed at furthering scientific research and developing new technologies in the fields of medicine and biology, was inaugurated...
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EU project on monitoring European democracy to present results
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 The results of the EUROPUB project, 'the European public space observatory; assembling information that allows the monitoring of European democracy', will be presented in...
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Call for papers for European labour market research conference
Brussels, 10 Jun 2004 Within the framework of the upcoming Dutch EU Presidency, a conference entitled 'Quality in labour market transitions: a European challenge' is being organised by the EU funded...
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Encounter with Phoebe: The most complex interplanetary mission ever launched is about to meet one of our Solar System's most enigmatic bodies
Paris, 10 Jun 2004 The NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will fly by Saturn's largest outer moon, Phoebe, on Friday, 11 June 2004. The spacecraft will capture images of Phoebe that have a...
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European agreement on James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) signed
Paris, 10 Jun 2004 An agreement between ESA and seven Member States to jointly build a major part of the MIRI instrument, which will considerably extend the capability of the James Webb Space...
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Brown set to double cash for science
Spending on science and innovation will more than double over ten years under plans to be announced by the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, before the end of the month. The unprecedented commitment far...