Brussels, 24 Oct 2002 The 17th annual Polis conference will be held in Brussels from 21 to 22 November, and will feature a keynote speech from EU Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin on the role...
Brussels, 24 Oct 2002 The First European Research Conference Following the approval of the new EUR 17.5 billion Sixth Framework Programme for Research 2002-2006 (FP6) by the Council of EU Ministers,...
Brussels, 24 Oct 2002 The Commission has published a manuscript outlining EU policies aimed at increasing Europe's competitiveness through the promotion of information technologies. The document,...
Paris, 24 Oct 2002 The European Space Agency (ESA) has started a 50-million-euro initiative to bring together Europe's leading aerospace companies for the next four years. The aim of DevILS is to...
Paris, 24 Oct 2002 A few months ago, a Sri Lankan civil engineer stepped off a plane in Rome after a long, 18-hour flight from Colombo. Like millions of other visitors to the Eternal City, she was...
Strasbourg, 24 October 2002 Verbatim report of proceedings on 24 October 2002, Part A. Question no 94 by Arlene McCarthy (H-0686/02) Subject: Air-related deep vein thrombosis Answer The Commission...
Brussels, 24 Oct 2002 A conference looking at the regulation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) will be held in at the Technical University of Hamburg, Germany, on 4 December. A series of...
Brussels, 24 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 3647/02 Council Register
Clarke to assess HE timetable over next few days New education secretary Charles Clarke today acknowledged that higher education was a "potentially controversial" area for the government and...
Cambridge denies plan to charge top-up fees The vice-chancellor of Cambridge University yesterday sought to stop speculation that Britain's top colleges were all secretly preparing detailed plans to...
Human Rights Watch has called on US president George W. Bush to use this week's summit with Chinese president Jiang Zemin to press for the release of historian Xu Zerong. He was jailed earlier this...
The world's first lecturer in veterinary physiotherapy has been appointed by the Royal Veterinary College. Tracy Crook, 40, who has been a practitioner in physiotherapy for dogs and horses for the...
Edinburgh University library is lending two priceless Islamic art manuscripts to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art for an exhibition on "The Legacy of Genghis Khan". Rashid al-Din's History of...
The Oxford one-to-one tutorial is being eroded to allow academics more time to do research. Group seminars of up to ten students have already replaced some tutorials in economics and are being...
Bristol University has been given an AA credit rating by Standard & Poor's, the international ratings agency. It is the highest rating yet among UK universities. Institutions seek ratings to...