Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Two workshops for EU R&D (research and development) project proposers, administrators and managers will be held in Cambridge, UK, in October. On 25 October, the workshop...
Paris, 09 Sep 2002 Although there is some controversy surrounding the outcome of last week's summit on sustainable development there is one subject on which all delegates were unanimous: the...
Paris, 09 Sep 2002 A joint programme established by the United Nations and the European Space Agency (ESA) to teach advanced remote-sensing technologies is paying off for Earth observation...
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 The North Rhine-Westphalia science centre is holding a conference on European science policy, and in particular the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) in Düsseldorf, Germany on 29...
Hodge: universities must compete or close Universities will have to compete for students or close under government plans to unleash a “free market” in degrees, Margaret Hodge, minister for higher...
Fears of elite split grow Elite universities will be warned at this week’s meeting of vice-chancellors not to go it alone with top-up fees and “pull up the ladder” behind them. Fears of a binary...
TUC conference calls for abolition of tuition fees Universities are in crisis, the TUC conference heard yesterday as it called on the government to abolish tuition fees, restore student...
Hodge strengthens pledge to increase graduate numbers University vice-chancellors will be told this week that there is no going back on the government’s pledge to give half the population a...
FE staff call on TUC to support November strike Lecturers were today calling on the Trades Union Congress to support their campaign for better pay for staff in further education colleges, which is...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 A working document adopted by the European Commission on 30 August aims to clarify the jurisdictional provisions in a Community patent. While the Community patent has so far...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 Chairman of the European Parliament's Industry, external trade, research and energy committee, Carlos Westendorp Y Cabeza is to recommend that Parliament does not accept...
Strasbourg, 5 September 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings, 5 September 2002, Part A Answer As you mention, the Commission chairs the Member State group responsible for Classification and Labelling...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 An event which will analyse opportunities for regional cooperation in south eastern Europe will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria on 29 and 30 September. One of the main areas to be...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 The University of Heidelberg and the Centre for European economic research are organising a workshop in Brussels on 26 and September on the integration of economic, research and...
Paris, 05 Sep 2002 There will be greater tension than usual among engineers and scientists at Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, in January 2003, as they gather to see ESA's comet-chasing...