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Universities urged to invest in mentor schemes Universities should consider setting up well-funded peer-mentoring services for freshers, according to new research, which has found that students who...
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Proposed authorisation for placing of food containing, consisting of or produced from GM Maize Line 1507 (Das-Ø15Ø7-1) on the market, member states' votes (against) in committee (link)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 14565/05 Suite of documents 14565/05 23 November 2005 (25.11) NOTE from: General Secretariat of the Council to: COREPER No Cion prop. 13042/05 Subject...
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Questionnaire on safety of management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, including decommissioning - Working Party on Nuclear Safety, Subgroup 2 (link)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 14847/05 Suite of documents 14847/05 Subject: Working Party on Nuclear Safety - SubGroup 2 questionnaire on safety of the management of spent fuel and...
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Note from Belgian delegation on import of wild birds into the EU (link)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 14882/05 Suite of documents 14882/05 Subject: Import of wild birds into the European Union - Note from the Belgian delegation Delegations will find in...
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Draft summary conclusions of CREST's 19-20 October meeting (link)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 1207/05 Suite of documents 1207/05 23 November 2005 NOTE To: CREST delegations Subject: DRAFT SUMMARY CONCLUSIONS OF THE 304th MEETING OF THE...
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Research-related items (Extract from: Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of 28/29 November 2005)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th November starting at 10.00 on Monday under the chairmanship of Alan Johnson, United...
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Presidency Information note on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (link)
Brussels, 25 Nov 2005 Full text of Document 14990/05 Suite of documents 14990/05 No. Cion doc.: 10013/05 RECH 134 - COM(2005) 243 final Delegations will find in the Annex an information note from the...
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Commission Agenda Entry: Friday, 2 December: Descartes Science awards
Brussels, 25 Nov 2005 The news: The European Commission is to award the annual Descartes Prize for Research and the Descartes Prize for Science Communication. The Descartes Prizes for Research...
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Commission Agenda Entry: Friday, 9th December: Research and Development Scoreboard
Brussels, 25 Nov 2005 The news: The Commission is to publish its annual scoreboard for industrial research and development. The scoreboard of industrial R&D gives figures and analysis...
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Competitiveness Council (Internal Market, Industry and Research): provisional agenda - 28-29 November (link)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 14764/05 Suite of documents 14764/05 14832/05 PTS A 54 3. Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the 7th...
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CREST Scientific and Technical Research Committee: agenda - 5 December
Brussels, 25 November 2005 Full text of Document 4226/05 Subject: 305th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST) Date: 5 December 2005 (9:30 h) Venue: Council Secretariat...
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ESA opens doors of International Space Station to New Member States and SMEs
Paris, 25 Nov 2005 The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a new EU-funded project under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to open up access to the International Space Station (ISS) for new...
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ESA participating in UN's Montreal summit working for a better atmosphere
Paris, 25 Nov 2005 Delegations from 190 nations will attend next week's United Nations summit in Montreal, Canada, to begin negotiating a post-Kyoto Protocol strategy to restrict emissions of heat-...
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Venus Express VIRTIS Imaging Spectrometer is Working Well, Passes Tests on Earth-Moon Observations
Paris, 25 Nov 2005 A recent check of the VIRTIS imaging spectrometer during the Venus Express commissioning phase has allowed its first remote-sensing data to be acquired, using Earth and the Moon as...
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Impact of emissions from ultra wideband devices on radio astronomy service: study for Ofcom (link)
London, 25 November 2005 This document reports the results of a study aimed at evaluating the impact of emissions from Ultra Wideband (UWB) devices on the Radio Astronomy service (RAS) in the UK. The...