Sophia Antipolis (France), 22 February 2002 In its report to the ETSI General Assembly in November 2001, the ETSI NGN Starter Group outlined four areas on End-to-end QoS that require standardization...
Graduates must check conditions of employment Graduates should check out whether prospective employers have a policy on "work-life balance," say careers advisers. Working long hours is one of the...
Hefce boosts Oxford funding by £2.5m Oxford University will be awarded £2.5 million today to encourage applications from ethnic minority and state school students in Bradford. The award from the...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 In the edition of Nature dated Thursday 21 February 2002, an international team of scientists report their analysis of the genome of fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 A Finnish forum of embryo and stem cell researchers has adopted a statement aiming to define the limits of research in this area and launch a debate on the issue. The forum...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 Commission Decision of 15 February 2002 authorising the placing on the market of coagulated potato proteins and hydrolysates thereof as novel food ingredients under...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
Paris, 21 February 2002 Only a few more days to go until an Ariane 5 launcher will blast into the night sky above Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. On board, on the evening of 28 February...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 Today the European Commission has adopted the Communication entitled "IPv6 Priorities for Action". The Communication calls for a European action plan to accelerate the...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 Meeting in Jaipur, India at the beginning of February, the EU-India round table, which aims to enhance civil society relations between the two regions, called for both the...
Brussels, 21 February 2002 A seminar on 'European funding for IST projects,' to be held in Scotland on March 14, 15 and 18, will attempt to help UK organisations benefit from EU funding for IST (...
Bank gives $50m as a green gift to the globe Fifty million dollars over five years (£35 million) for the environment was promised yesterday by the HSBC bank, in what is believed to be the biggest...
APPOINTMENTS Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences Lawrence Freedman , professor and head of the school of social science and public policy at King's College, London, has been elected...
While a few academics may bemoan their lack of promotion from a good position to an even better one, spare a thought for the senior women who have worked alongside them for decades without a position...
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. An ever-growing number of people have access...