Bergen, 19 May 2005 Minister Kristin Clemet, Minister François Biltgen, Colleagues and Friends, It is a great pleasure for me to address today the Ministers responsible for higher...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 Full text of Document 1805/05 1. Preparation of "Space Council" ­ draft orientations (doc. to follow) 2. Proposal for the 7th Framework Programme: continuation of the...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 For people with disabilities, access to and use of modern information and communication technologies (ICTs) can offer increased independence and a better quality of life. But...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The EU's proposal for a regulation on medicines for paediatric use is expected to receive a boost under the UK's EU Presidency, which begins in July. The UK's Ministry of Health...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The ninth annual meeting of the Innovation Relay Centre (IRC) network, celebrating ten years of existence in 2005, will take place on 29 June in Brussels, Belgium. The event...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and the Institute of Chemicals of the Czech Academy of Science are organising a workshop entitled 'working together in...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for an assessment of the impact of off-shoring of research and development on the...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has issued a call for tenders for the pre-decommissioning physical and radiological characterisation of closed nuclear...
Paris, 19 May 2005 In 2006, with the launch of Jules Verne, the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) will become the new European powerful automatic re-supply spaceship able to bring an indispensable...
Kelly doubts college targets Ruth Kelly today cast doubt on the value of a key government education target. The Education Secretary made clear she would not have set a goal of getting half of 18 to...
The Government is urging universities to be on high alert for attacks by animal rights extremists as it emerged that Oxford University is prefabricating its new £18 million animal research facility...
On the eve of the annual Eurovision Song Contest , veteran host Terry Wogan will be heartened to learn that his mischievous theory of tit-for-tat voting has been confirmed by academic research. Alex...
Philip Esler, head of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, is keen to focus on knowledge transfer It may be too early for detailed plans from Philip Esler, but one likely priority for the new...
* Marian FitzGerald , former researcher in race relations at the Home Office, has been appointed visiting professor of criminology at the Kent Criminal Justice Centre, University of Kent. * Aberdeen...
Labour's manifesto pledge to send 50 per cent of young people into higher education risks "obscuring" the Government's wider aim of encouraging learning from infancy to retirement, the Education...