Brussels, 16 January 2002 The Spanish Presidency has suggested that a pan-European observatory using the latest research techniques should be instituted to provide protection in the European Union...
Animal experiments fast track to US British researchers are going to the United States to carry out animal experiments to avoid delays caused by public sensitivity and official bureaucracy. Clive...
MPs to probe failure of learning scheme MPs have launched a fast-track inquiry into the collapse of the government's £260 million flagship training programme. The unexpected decision to probe the...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 A survey carried out by Natfhe, a UK trade union for lecturers, trainers, researchers and managers working in higher and further education shows that the salaries of...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 Research experts, representatives from the European commission, including EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin, and public and private stakeholders will come together...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL An assessment of the implications for basic genetic engineering research of failure to publish, or late...
Paris, 15 January 2002 Gene-based inventions offer tremendous promise in improving human health and contributing to economic growth. But to deliver on this promise, a fair and effective system of...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 An amended proposal for the rules of participation in the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) has been published by the European Commission. Two major changes were made to the...
Brussels, 15 January 2002 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for indirect RTD (research and technological development) actions under the specific programme for research,...
Education select committee to investigate ILAs The House of Commons’ education and skills select committee is to look at the lessons of the debacle of individual learning accounts,...
£260m scheme shut after system breach The government abruptly closed down its £260 million flagship training programme after finding a "breach" in a computer system rum by Capita, the publicly quoted...
Second thoughts on graduate tax Ministers have killed off proposals for a graduate tax to replace student loans following concerns in Downing Street that it would deter poorer students from...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and biotech start-up company CellZome, both based in Heidelberg, Germany, have announced the completion of a...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 The eighth European Commission GI & GIS (geographic information and geographic information systems) workshop will take place in Dublin, Ireland, from 3 to 5 July...
Brussels, 14 January 2002 An international round table discussion on therapeutic cloning and embryo research will take place on 2 February in Paris, France, as across the Channel the UK House of...