Bubbly open ... but no good news
Chancellor Gordon Brown's ten-year investment plan for science was the subject of much champagne-fuelled speculation at the Royal Society's glitzy summer house party last week. Some were disappointed...
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Labour shuns another Mandy
Mandy Telford, the ex-president of the National Union of Students, failed to get elected to Labour's National Executive Committee last week, coming second from bottom in the voting. Those close to...
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My revolting past
In the 1960s, Tessa Blackstone discovered a taste for endless debate - and long red velvet kaftans. Former higher education minister Baroness Blackstone remembers the time she was invited to become a...
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Why I... fear lowering entry criteria for foreign students could destroy universities
When students become customers and universities are transformed into businesses, few of the traditions associated with the ideals of academia remain untouched. The invisible hand of the market has a...
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Hold the bubbly...
The Chancellor gave science some good news but no reason to pop the cork, says Peter Cotgreave For weeks in advance, the leaks and gossip all suggested that good news was coming in the Government's...
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Don't run from the green bullies
If the Government is serious about helping science, it must stand up for it in public, argues Derek Burke It's splendid that Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, is to raise funding for science over ten...
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France's and Germany's laws on release into environment of genetically modified organisms infringe Directive 90/220: judgment
Luxembourg, 15 July 2004 C-419/03, Commission des Communautés européennes contre République française Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 15 July 2004 (link to English version when...
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WTO dispute panel on EU's rules on biotech products postpones decision until end of August on parties' request
Geneva, 15 July 2004 European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products. Communication from the Chairman of the Panel. Document WT/DS291/25 WT/DS292/19 WT/DS293/...
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Summary of Conclusions of the COST JAF Group Meeting Held in Brussels on 8-9 June 2004 (link)
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 300/04 Suite of documents 300/04 [...] Council Register
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Summary of Conclusions 159th Meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee Held in Bergen on 27 - 28 May 2004 (link)
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 299/04 Suite of documents 299/04 Council Register
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New funding for the trans-European energy and transport networks, Galileo and Marco Polo from 2007 to 2013
Brussels, 15 July 2004 The Commission is proposing more than 22 billion euro in funding over seven years for the trans-European transport and energy networks, the Galileo programme and the Marco Polo...
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Proposed Regulation for the implementation of the deployment and commercial operating phases of the European programme of satellite radionavigation (link)
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text Energy and Transport DG
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UK second in terms of scientific output, finds global survey
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 After the US, the UK is the second most productive country in the world when it comes to publishing scientific papers, according to a global analysis conducted by Sir David King...
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Scientific progress towards an AIDS vaccine is too slow, warns new report
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 A report by the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), published on 12 July, has warned that global efforts to develop a vaccine against HIV infection and AIDS 'continue...
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ESA opts for intervention over observation in tackling dangerous asteroids
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 After considering six different mission studies, all aimed at increasing understanding of potentially dangerous near Earth objects (NEOs), the European Space Agency (ESA) has...