Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced organisational changes aimed at strengthening European research relationships in the field of web technology. The W3C is moving...
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 The European research area Wood initiative (ERA-Wood) is holding a second workshop in Vienna focussed on the preparation of an integrated project under the Sixth Framework...
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 To meet market demand, Europe is about to launch, on 28 November, the latest version of Ariane 5, capable of placing up to 10 tonnes of payload in geostationary transfer orbit....
Paris, 28 Nov 2002 What kind of mysteries and scientific intrigue await the European Space Agency's Venus Express once it has left Earth for its nearest planetary neighbour in 2005? A closer...
Brussels, 28 Nov 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin received overwhelming backing on Tuesday from the Committee on Industry and Research for his strong plea that governments should live up...
Geneva, 28 Nov 2002 Full text TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ITEMS OF THE CONSOLIDATED AGENDA (see document A/37/1 Prov.3) Item 1: OPENING OF THE SESSIONS Item 2: ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Item 3:...
Geneva, 28 Nov 2002 Document prepared by the Secretariat Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore Full text [...] II....
Blair not bent on top-up fees, says Clarke Downing Street is "not wedded" to the idea of top-up fees for university students, the education secretary, Charles Clarke, told MPs yesterday. Though Tony...
Howard Dalton was well aware of the challenge when he agreed to become the first chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Although Defra was a relatively...
Exotic plants available at garden centres are more of a threat to the environment than genetically modified crops, Lord May of Oxford will tell members of the Royal Society today. In his annual...
Academics' union leaders at Keele University are outraged at plans to axe 35 posts to stave off a financial crisis. The university has told staff it needs to cut academic jobs to save £1.5 million...
Funding chiefs are to investigate allegations that the University of North London made "extensive misrepresentations" in its submissions for funding in the research assessment exercise. In a letter...
Institutions that fail to put their weight behind the government's widening-participation strategy will have their public funding stopped, warns a detailed strategy document unveiled by the funding...
Opposition politicians have denounced the government's 50 per cent participation target as a "con-trick" after details of methodology came to light in the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
An arts centre catering for students with disabilities is struggling to secure cash from the funding councils because of the "inflexible" accreditation system. A third of students at Leicester...