Brussels, 16 Nov 2004 In the run up to the fourth 'forum for innovative enterprises', co-organised by the European Commission and the regions of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, Director-General of the...
Brussels, 16 Nov 2004 The French Minister for Research, François d'Aubert, has called for the increased dissemination of scientific advances worldwide. Speaking at an international scientific forum...
Brussels, 16 Nov 2004 As life expectancy continues to increase, the UK research councils have set up an ageing-related funding programme. The cross-disciplinary research programme will fund studies...
Brussels, 16 Nov 2004 A conference on 'Promoting health technologies: a comparison between European initiatives' will take place in Bologna, Italy, on 30 November. The main purpose of the event is to...
Paris, 16 Nov 2004 ESA's SMART-1 is successfully making its first orbit of the Moon, a significant milestone for the first of Europe's Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART)...
London, 16 Nov 2004 Full text (uncorrected evidence) House of Commons Science and Technology Committee
London, 16 Nov 2004 Full text House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee
Experts just want better robots, says Prince The Prince of Wales yesterday accused education policy-makers of seeking to turn students into "better robots" rather than filling them with a love of...
Education must become part of a global market, urges Clarke More universities need to establish branches in China, India and other fast-developing countries, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary,...
Brussels, 15 Nov 2004 document: not yet available legal basis: Article 63(3)(a), and 63(4) of the EC Treaty The draft directive and the accompanying recommendations were presented by the Commission...
Brussels, 15 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 1208/04 Suite of documents 1208/04 The meeting was chaired by Mr. ESCRITT (European Commission, Director). 1. ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT AGENDA The Committee...
Brussels, 15 Nov 2004 A Dutch-German Eureka project has developed a system for manufacturing polystyrene beads that does not release VOCs into the environment. Polystyrene foam is widely used in a...
Wider teaching as a matter of course Feature on how MBA programmes are evolving in response to corporate scandals, the global market and demand for team players. A recent survey concluded that...
Strasbourg, 12 November 2004 The European Ombudsman, P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, has criticised the European Commission for refusing to reimburse costs for secretarial services provided by a Dutch...
Brussels, 12 Nov 2004 Online catalogue DG Research http:///europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html