Brussels, 15 January 2002 Research experts, representatives from the European commission, including EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, and public and private stakeholders will come together...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL An assessment of the implications for basic genetic engineering research of failure to publish, or late...
Paris, 15 January 2002 Gene-based inventions offer tremendous promise in improving human health and contributing to economic growth. But to deliver on this promise, a fair and effective system of...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 An amended proposal for the rules of participation in the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) has been published by the European Commission. Two major changes were made to the...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for indirect RTD (research and technological development) actions under the specific programme for research,...
Education select committee to investigate ILAs The House of Commons’ education and skills select committee is to look at the lessons of the debacle of individual learning accounts,...
£260m scheme shut after system breach The government abruptly closed down its £260 million flagship training programme after finding a "breach" in a computer system rum by Capita, the publicly quoted...
Second thoughts on graduate tax Ministers have killed off proposals for a graduate tax to replace student loans following concerns in Downing Street that it would deter poorer students from...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and biotech start-up company CellZome, both based in Heidelberg, Germany, have announced the completion of a...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 The eighth European Commission GI & GIS (geographic information and geographic information systems) workshop will take place in Dublin, Ireland, from 3 to 5 July...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 An international round table discussion on therapeutic cloning and embryo research will take place on 2 February in Paris, France, as across the Channel the UK House of...
OECD shows UK academics paid pittance Pay rates for British academics are among the lowest in the developed world, lecturers’ association Natfhe claimed today. Average pay in the UK was £21,800 a...
Brussels, 11 January 2002 Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in the implementation of the framework...
Brussels, 11 January 2002 The European Parliament will debate a Commission communication on the need to develop a more coherent European space strategy on 16 January. The European Council called upon...
Brussels, 11 January 2002 A prominent European scientist has said that the use of the precautionary principle in health and environmental decision-making can boost innovation and stimulate better...