Brussels, 07 June 2002 The European rail research advisory council (ERRAC) has announced a strategic rail research agenda for 2020, which recommends using innovative technology to double the rail...
Brussels, 7 June 2002 In the enlarged European Union, research and development (R&D) will be key in meeting the challenge of turning the EU into an economic powerhouse, with more and better...
Islamic students shun study in UK and US Britain and the United States have slumped as first choices for study among young people from predominantly Islamic countries, according to a British Council...
Brown to boost sciences Chancellor Gordon Brown is to signal significant extra funding for science in schools and universities in a speech setting the parameters for next month’s three-year spending...
Brussels, 06 June 2002 The benefits and risks of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were discussed at a conference on GM foods organised by European Commission stagiaires on 6 June 2002. René...
Brussels, 06 June 2002 A conference on pan-European eGovernment Services will take place in Brussels on 19 to 20 September. Organised under the 'Interchange of Data between Administrations' (IDA)...
Brussels, 06 June 2002 ߣߣÊÓƵn Prime Minister John Howard announced on 5 June that his country will join the USA in refusing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, despite signing it just...
Brussels, 06 June 2002 The European Commission will receive advice on strategic priorities in road transport from the new EU Road transport research advisory committee, the committee's vice-chairman...
Ispra, Italy, 06 June 2002 Photovoltaics is a science that examines light-electricity conversion. Conversion of solar energy carried by photons is transformed by solar cells into direct-current...
Paris, 06 June 2002 This morning, ESA's Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral inside the logistics module MPLM-Leonardo, aboard a US Space Shuttle - STS-...
Thinktank calls for 'socially worthwhile' student jobs Students should be paid to work in schools and the NHS rather than in bars and fast-food outlets, according to the UK’s leading centre-left...
Welsh Assembly to abolish tuition fees Students from Wales will no longer have to pay up-front tuition fees under the Welsh Assembly’s long-term plans. Wales will abandon fees even if Westminster...
Supporters of the federal University of Wales have welcomed the final report of an independent study that concludes that the university should expand to take in all Welsh higher education...
Students at Heriot-Watt University have come up with an idea for the ultimate kitchen utensil - a hand-held computer that produces recipes using whatever ingredients are about at the time. The first-...
The proportion of Brazilian university students from families in the top 10 per cent income bracket has risen from 45.6 per cent in 1992 to 48 per cent in 1999. This is despite increasing grant...