Paris, 08 Dec 2004 One year after Mars Express' arrival at Mars, the mighty rules of celestial mechanics have again set Christmas as the date for a major ESA event in deep space. At 1.25 billion km...
Jobs cull is gathering pace Hundreds of academic jobs are being culled across Britain as smaller and middle-ranking universities restructure subject provision to compete for research cash. ...
Deadline: 07/01/2005
Medical research 'stifled by rules' A "catastrophic" increase in bureaucracy from new European regulations has slowed the pace of medical research in the UK and will make academics reliant on funding...
OECD study reveals poor English school performance The Government has dismissed OECD figures showing relatively poor school performance in maths, science and English as “inconclusive” and not...
Brussels, 7 December 2004 The European Commission today proposed negotiating directives to the Council on the conclusion of a cooperation agreement with Morocco on the development of Galileo, a civil...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 The Descartes prize has exposed me to researchers working in other branches of science and has inspired me to look at my area of expertise from their point of view, Robert...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 In its proposals for the next phase of the Lisbon Strategy, the Commission is to draft a set of 'policy guidelines' for Member States aimed at mobilising public and private...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 Further research into developing a HIV/AIDS vaccine should be carried out under the Seventh Framework programme (FP7), concluded the European Health and Consumer Affairs Council...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 On 6 December, the Commission announced the launch of a new four year ERA-NET initiative entitled 'Coordinating national research programmes on security during major events in...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 The PRIME (Policies for research and innovation in the move towards the European Research Area) Network of Excellence is organising a conference from 7 to 8 January 2005, to be...
Brussels, 07 Dec 2004 The EU funded BROADWAN project is set to launch the Wibrace forum on 9 December at the Broadband Europe event in Bruges, Belgium. The Wibrace forum is a forward-looking, non-...
Deadline: 07/01/2005
High Court blocks international student employment The High Court has upheld a Home Office ruling that international students may not work to complete their studies. Financial Times Women MPs bullied...
Ljubljana (Slovenia), 6 December 2004 Dear participants, Dear colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to speak to you in this morning’s plenary session on the challenge we face to...