Brussels, 22 May 2003 If the political class continues to remain indifferent and hostile to the scientific community, Italy runs the risk of being left out of European research, Lucio Bianco,...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 Stepping up Europe's research and innovation capacity depends on improving the patents system and better training and information on patents. Yesterday in Liège (Belgium)...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 The Council will be informed by the Commission on the latest state of play of the discussions at the roundtable organised on 24 April on the coexistence of GM, conventional and...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 US President George W Bush has accused Europe of blocking efforts to bring about an end to starvation in Africa through its opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods. Mr...
Paris, 22 May 2003 ESA telemedicine technology enables specialist physicians to perform detailed patient consultations from hundreds of kilometres away. High-resolution video images and data signals...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 A pan European team of physicists has measured the largest ever magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE). The finding will contribute to the design of new magnetic materials for...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 The institute for environmental studies at Amsterdam's Free University and the University of East Anglia, at the invitation of the Commission, are jointly organising a workshop...
Brussels, 22 May 2003 The 2511th session of the Council of the European Union (AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES) will take place on Monday 26 May (11h00) and Tuesday May 2003 1, in the Justus Lipsius...
If academic conferences in exotic cities are such a chore, send me, suggests Valerie Atkinson It has become de rigueur for academic staff to sigh regretfully when they confess that they cannot meet a...
Plagiarism and the internet should make us rethink the purpose of assessment, says Tony Mann It takes only a matter of seconds to show that a student has plagiarised. A simple search on the web is...
The University of Derby continued to break its own quality assurance rules in the rush to exploit opportunities to provide overseas courses, despite repeated warnings, quality chiefs said this week....
All eight universities in the east of England have teamed up to create a brokerage service for business. Known as i10, the network, which also includes Writtle College and Norwich School of Art and...
The new chief executive of the Medical Research Council is going on a select committee survival course. Colin Blakemore has been summoned to appear before the Commons science and technology select...
The Learning and Skills Council may take over responsibility for distributing higher education funding to further education colleges as part of a move to help unlock doors to higher education...
The largest further and higher education federal network in England has become the backbone of Staffordshire University's new mission, writes Tony Tysome. Through Surf - the Staffordshire University...