Paris, 12 Jan 2005 Scientists are starting to gather at ESA's Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, ready for Huygens' descent to Titan on Friday, 14 January. Visit ESOC through our new...
Brussels, 12 Jan 2005 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has outlined the contribution that it has been making to assessing the impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami. The JRC has been...
Brussels, 12 Jan 2005 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Interdisciplinary Centre for Neural Computation has been named as a Centre of Excellence by the European Commission. In making the decision...
Brussels, 12 Jan 2005 A Marie Curie information and proposal writing day will take place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 20 January. The event is a joint initiative of the UK and Irish national...
London, 13 Jan 2005 Full text Uncorrected Oral Evidence 10 January 2005 The Future of the National Institute for Medical Research Uncorrected transcript of Oral Evidence presented by: Professor Alan...
Paris, 13 Jan 2005 Timeline of expected events during the Huygens descent to the surface of Titan on 14 January 2005. Time (CET) Event 6.51 Timer triggers power-up of onboard electronics Triggered by...
Brussels, 13 Jan 2005 Although no commitment to funding came out of the November Competitiveness Council, the Commission remains confident about the creation of a European Research Council (ERC),...
Brussels, 13 Jan 2005 The European Group of Life Sciences (EGLS), established in 2000 to advise the Commission on current and future life science technologies, has completed its mandate. The group...
Brussels, 13 Jan 2005 The Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will need to focus on closer integration between urban research and land use research, says Eric Ponthieu, head of sector at the European...
Brussels, 13 Jan 2005 An information day on the research infrastructures thematic priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in London, the UK, on 26 January. Two calls for...
" From this month, universities face a major culture shock as the Freedom of Information Act starts to make an impact " - The Times Higher , January 7 From: The office of the vice-chancellor To: Mrs...
Whether by spin or pre-election generosity, the Government has cheered researchers with its announcement that research councils will in future pay 80 per cent of the full cost of the...
New legislation (especially from Europe) invariably brings with it predictions of unintended consequences and unnecessary bureaucracy. The Freedom of Information Act is a prime example, with...
As universities start to position themselves in the brave new world of top-up fees and scholarships, no one has considered the plight of further education colleges that work in the higher education...
Readers may recall the minor spat during the top-up fees debate over whether universities would be obliged to redirect a third of their extra fee income into student bursaries to improve access. The...