Palestinian scientist picks up Rammal 2001 award
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The winner of the 2001 Rammal award has been announced as Palestinian Professor Ahmad Teebi. The award is given each year to a scientist from a Mediterranean country who has...
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Commission acts to help researchers acquire biotech business skills
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The European Commission is supporting an initiative which aims to help researchers and scientists to acquire the skills needed to turn a good biotechnology idea into a...
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Summary reports of WTO meetings on Codex Alimentarius and biotech food
Geneva, 14 March 2002 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Codex Alimentarius Commission. Summary Reports of Recent Meetings - Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and...
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Draft COST action on ecological aspects of denitrification
Brussels, 14 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
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Draft COST action on management of recovered wood
Brussels, 14 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
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Commission warning 'rings alarm bell' for consequences of Galileo failure
Brussels, 14 March 2002 Europe's high-tech industries and millions of euro of economic benefits are at risk unless the Galileo satellite navigation system is given the go-ahead at the European...
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Hungary launches fellowship for foreign researchers
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Hungarian Minister of Education, József Pálinkás, has announced the introduction of a new fellowship for foreign researchers, aimed at promoting excellence within Hungary...
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Training women researchers how to manage EU R&D projects
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Centre of excellence - women in science (CEWS) and the European association of research managers and administrators (EARMA) is organising a three day course for women on...
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CORDIS expands nanotechnology service
Brussels, 14 March 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, has expanded its nanotechnology service to offer more information on research, policy and...
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Sci-Tech - Couldn't be without it!
Paris, 12 March 2002 On 22 March, at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels, seven of Europe's leading research organisations* launch a joint outreach programme for the run-up to European Science Week in...
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UK should look to Uncle Sam for a helping hand
Canny UK universities are tapping US donor potential. Sheldon Elliot Steinbach and Celia Roady explain. British universities are clearly in for a tough time over the next few years. Signs of tight...
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Missing the bigger picture
Don't get carried away with the mega-university - there will be a price to pay, insists Colin Clark. The era of the mega-university has arrived. The recent announcement of the merger between...
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Don't deny spice of life
Get off your high academic horses over the Disability Discrimination Act, says Peter Nicholson. Higher education is under the starter's gun to put its house in order and to comply with the Disability...
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Why I think higher education should stay out of Gats
The World Trade Organisation talks on liberalising international trade in services - through the General Agreement on Trade in Services - may not sound earth-shattering, but if higher education...
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Nerc bids to help tackle global warming
An effort to crack a key problem thought to lie at the heart of global warming is being considered by the government, writes Steve Farrar. The Natural Environment Research Council has made a bid for...