Brussels, 10 June 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has said he will introduce a communication to help encourage business investment in research and development (R&D). Speaking at...
Paris, 10 June 2002 Two contrasting space missions are in the final stages of preparation at ESA's Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. They are the Rosetta...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 On 5 June 2002, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced the launch of a new online atlas of the world's oceans to combat their unsustainable...
Brussels, 10 June 2002 International scientists meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 4 June 2002 for an international science roundtable, held during the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),...
South Bank University lecturers strike Lecturers at South Bank University are striking today in protest at plans to cut 100 jobs. Lecturers' union Natfhe said that their members were suffering as a...
Fine universities that ignore AS levels, teachers’ leader says Universities should face financial penalties if they do not recognise students’ AS-level grades when offering places, David Hart,...
‘Big four’ pull away as research income rises Total research income for UK universities increased steadily last year, but the “big four” – Oxford University, University College London, Imperial...
Luxembourg, 7 June 2002 The Council adopted Conclusions on Biotechnology (Doc. Ref. 8917/02) that address the development of life sciences and biotechnology in Europe. Commissioner Liikanen welcome...
Brussels, 07 June 2002 The Lisbon goal of making the European Union the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010 is dependent on the strength of science, and science's strength...
Brussels, 07 June 2002 FINAL A5-0205/2002 29 May 2002 REPORT on the amended proposal for a Council decision concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...
Brussels, 07 June 2002 Norway will present biotechnology as the next wave of the knowledge-based economy at the 9th meeting of the Norwegian Research and IT Forum on June 20 in Brussels....
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Commission Staff Working Paper: Results of the public consultation "Towards a Strategic Vision of Life Sciences and Biotechnology." Cover note from the Secretary-General of the...
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Report on the amended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Introduction The Lisbon European Council of March 2000 is a turning point in recent European Union history. It set an ambitious objective, not out of reach Europe must become "...
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...