Research cuts cost 50 jobs
Sunderland University is to shed almost 50 staff in a bid to stave off a financial crisis caused by the concentration of research funds on a handful of institutions. Lecturers' union Natfhe...
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G10 medicines group sets out recommendations
Brussels, 07 March 2002 The creation of networks of virtual health institutes and improvements to the procedure for introducing innovative medicines to the market are among suggestions for...
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Prodi hints at higher EU budget for research and innovation
Brussels, 05 Nov 2003 Commission President Romano Prodi has hinted that more money is to be made available at EU level for research and innovation. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York in the US...
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Prodi hints at higher EU budget for research and innovation
Brussels, 05 Nov 2003 Commission President Romano Prodi has hinted that more money is to be made available at EU level for research and innovation. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York in the US...
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Investment in research: Europe is making progress, but too slowly
Brussels, 17 March 2004 Commissioner Philippe Busquin today reported the progress made in implementing the action plan of 30 April 2003 to step up public and private spending on research in Europe....
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Investment in research: Europe is making progress, but too slowly
Brussels, 17 March 2004 Commissioner Philippe Busquin today reported the progress made in implementing the action plan of 30 April 2003 to step up public and private spending on research in Europe....
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EU funds new project on cardiovascular, cerebral and neoplastic diseases
Brussels, 15 Feb 2005 The important signalling molecules that are central to widespread diseases such as cardiovascular disorder, atherosclerosis, dementia and cancer will be studied under a new...
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Differential pay is given green light
Universities have been given the go-ahead to introduce differential pay for academics. The change was announced in the government's national science strategy, Investing in Innovation, which was...
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Feeling curiously cramped lately? (2)
Valerie Atkinson imagines the response among the British top brass to calls for more support staff To: The President, Higher Education Funding Council for England From: Colonel Truemony, Vice-...
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Don't get too excited
There was excitement this week when it seemed that science would receive a lot more loot than the £1.25 billion announced as part of last week's spending review. Your correspondent was "invited to a...
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Ministers call for more synergy between Eureka and the Framework Programmes
Brussels, 21 Jun 2004 As the reigns of the Eureka network were passed from the French to the incoming Dutch presidency in Paris on 18 June, ministers and representatives from its 33 member states, as...
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Commission Report: An assessment of the implications for basic genetic engineering research of the failure to publish, or late publication of, papers on subjects that might be patentable
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...
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Mobility of researchers: the EU proposes new prospects and opportunities
Brussels, 30 June 2004 At the conference "Brain drain, brain gain: new challenges" held today in Paris, Philippe Busquin, the European Research Commissioner, launched the new European network of...
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Research councils to play greater role in defining UK space agenda
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 A new funding structure for UK space activities will ensure that the UK remains a sought after partner for international cooperation, according to the UK government. The funding...
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If the bill falls, the nation will pay a heavy price
Next week MPs will make a crucial choice. If they choose wrongly, the consequences will be dire, argues Charles Clarke When I was appointed secretary of state, I made clear that investing in the...