Brussels, 30 May 2003 The inclusion of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) in the 'Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science' for the first time has been welcomed by the JRC...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 Following a proposal from the European Commission, the Parliament and Council have approved a two year extension to the 'safer Internet action plan' in an effort to combat...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 As part of activities for the WEDELMUSIC 2003 conference, the Commission funded MUSICNETWORK is hosting an open workshop on future trends in music on 17 and 18 September in...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 The European multimedia forum and the European multimedia associations' convention are jointly organising a conference on the development of digital media, to take place on 17...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 An EU project is developing an unprecedented network for ocean monitoring and forecasting among the countries of the Mediterranean region. Its aim is to provide the data and...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 A conference entitled 'scientific advice, crisis management and the media' will take place, under the aegis of the EU Greek Presidency, on 9 and 10 June in Athens, Greece. The...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 Information days on three transport and energy initiatives funded under the Sixth Framework Programme - CIVITAS II, CONCERTO and MANAGeNERGY - will take place in Brussels on 18...
Paris, 30 May 2003 ESA's Mars Express is a pioneering mission for several reasons. It is the first European voyage to Mars, it has been built at much less than the usual cost, and in record time....
Brussels, 30 May 2003 Space Green Paper – Prague meeting to highlight international co-operation The last round of discussions on the Commission's Space Green Paper, before the wrap-up in Paris, is...
Paris, 30 May 2003 Comet-chasing mission Rosetta will now set its sights on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. During its meeting on 13-14th May 2003, ESA's Science Programme Committee decided Rosetta's...
Brussels, 30 May 2003 A new survey on PhD employment, placement and demand in Finland predicts that the country will produce nearly 12,000 new PhD graduates by 2010, and says that there are no signs...
Barristers may have to pay for poorer students Barristers could have to pay the fees of trainees and be encouraged to pay off part of their student debts under proposals to attract entrants from...
I wish there had been a textbook that changed my life, not because I want to have my life altered but because I have never found a single textbook for the study of South Asian culture. It is too vast...
"When my editor said, 'What are you going to do next?' I just blurted it out: 'A textbook on consciousness'," says Susan Blackmore describing her surprise next move after just finishing her...
Adrian Thomas , professor of music and director of the Central European Music Research Centre at Cardiff University, has been named professor of music at Gresham College, London. The University of...