Brussels, 15 Feb 2005 An international project to 'barcode' all animal and plant species has just got underway, but not without calls for the further involvement of developing countries. The...
Brussels, 15 Feb 2005 An EU-Russia symposium on science and technology cooperation in the field of biotechnology will take place within the Moscow international congress in Russia from 14 to 16 March...
Brussels, 15 Feb 2005 The World NanoEconomic Congress will take place in Dublin, Ireland, on 20 and 21 April. The event will address a range of topics, including: the academic and industrial...
Deadline: 06/04/2005
Universities warn UK could lose students to US British vice-chancellors today appealed to the Home Office to follow moves by the United States to make it easier for overseas students to study here....
More than 90 of the UK's 115 universities - ancient, old, new and very new - have taken part in this year's Times Higher Awards. The successful shortlisted candidates are listed here. The award...
Deadline: 30/04/2005
Brussels, 14 Feb 2005 Europe is to lead by example in the fight against climate change, the EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas vowed as he unveiled a communication setting out future policies...
Brussels, 14 Feb 2005 The Irish government has unveiled details of what will be Ireland's first purpose-built research institute. The new Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures (CRANN), which...
Brussels, 14 Feb 2005 The annual meeting for those involved in Germany's Networks of Competence will take place on 3 March in Berlin. Some 120 networks in 18 different innovation fields are currently...
Brussels, 14 Feb 2005 Interface Europe is organising a training course on 'how to prepare a successful European project and write a competitive proposal - secrets and logics of FP6', to take place on...
Paris, 14 Feb 2005 The latest version of Ariane 5, designed to loft payloads of up to 10 tonnes to geostationary transfer orbit, successfully completed its initial qualification flight on 12 February...
Paris, 14 Feb 2005 At exactly 22:03 CET today Ariane Flight 164 lifted off from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, carrying Sloshsat FLEVO, an experimental mini-...
Cheats are “devaluing” British degrees Universities have been warned to clamp down on students who cheat because of fears that they are devaluing the status of British degrees. Guidelines sent to all...
Brussels, 11 February 2005 Commission Opinion of 22 December 2004 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning of the Windscale Pile Reactor Chimneys at...