Paris, 03 Sep 2002 The OECD's Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE) will hold its 16th biennial General Conference at OECD headquarters in Paris on 16-18 September 2002 on...
Brussels, 3 September 2002 Commission Opinion of 30 August 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste resulting from modifications at the site of the Isar Nuclear Power Station...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The World summit on sustainable development has resulted in a document calling for countries to act 'with a sense of urgency' to substantially increase the use of renewable...
Paris, 03 Sep 2002 On Friday afternoon, José Achache, ESA Director of Earth Observation, addressed the World Summit on Sustainable Development on behalf of CEOS, the Committee on Earth Observation...
Paris, 03 Sep 2002 Of all missions sent to Mars only one, the Viking 26 years ago, has dared to search for life. Its only conclusive result was that finding proof of extraterrestrial life proved to...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has developed a computer model to improve forecasting of floods in European river basins this could help alleviating the...
Brussels, August 2002 Members of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy used harsh words when they met for the first time after the summer break: a number of them accused the...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The UK's Agriculture and environment biotechnology commission (AEBC), which advises the country's government on biotechnology issues, has recommended that any cloning of animals...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders for a study on codes of practice for ethics in research. The European Commission intends to launch an...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has issued a call for tenders for support in a study on local ethical committees for animal welfare. The European Commission intends to...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has issued a call for tenders for support producing a European directory of local ethics committees. The European Commission intends to...
Brussels, 03 Sep 2002 The European Commission's Research DG has announced a call for tenders for a study on training programmes in ethics in research established in scientific faculties across Europe...
9/11 student fund donates $1m Families of victims of September 11's terrorist attacks have received almost $1 million (£640,000) in student loan relief and university scholarship funds from the...
Colleges strike About 70,000 lecturers and technicians and other support staff are expected to take part in a one-day strike across England and Wales on November 5. They reject a 2.3 per cent pay...
Clash of egos shakes world of physics Stephen Hawking, Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, was accused yesterday of receiving instant credibility because of his celebrity...