A very well-balanced guardian
As the Children Bill continues through Parliament, Terry Philpot looks at the problem of private fostering and speaks to two champions of child wellbeing The first thing Kathleen Marshall did when...
Search
-
-
Greece lightning
With two weeks to go, Britain's swimmers are powering their way to the Olympics. Matthew Baker talks to the postgraduates who are preparing them in the latest in our series When Andrew Cruickshank, a...
-
So, think you know it all? Please step this way...
Adrian Mourby checks out a nice little earner for academics who fancy a spot of lecturing to well-heeled travellers, in the first of our summer series on intellectual tourism. Cultural travel is big...
-
Lines not mapped are drawn in blood
Border disputes in the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and elsewhere continue to take lives and unsettle the world. Chris Bunting reports on efforts to settle disagreements peacefully The village of...
-
Let's build bridges, not walls
Border disputes in the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and elsewhere continue to take lives and unsettle the world. David Newman surveys the burgeoning field of boundary studies The study...
-
La politique de recherche et l'espace dans le Traité constitutionnel
Bruxelles, le 28 juillet 2004 Le Traité constitutionnel agréé par le Conseil européen le 18 juin 2004 fournit une nouvelle base légale pour la politique européenne de la recherche et fait de la...
-
Ministers open EDCTP African office in Cape Town
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 The South African Ministers for Health and for Science and Technology officially opened the African office of the European and developing countries clinical trials partnership (...
-
New rules for Parliament's scientific and technological options assessment unit
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 The European Parliament's scientific and technological options assessment unit (STOA) is now operating under new rules, introduced during July. STOA provides independent...
-
Commission seeks stakeholder input in five year assessment of IST research
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 The Commission has called on all stakeholders involved in information society technologies (IST) research to contribute to its five year assessment of EU IST research, and...
-
UK scientists to freeze endangered species
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 A team of UK scientists is developing the first ever DNA and tissue bank to safeguard the genetic identity of thousands of animals facing extinction due to humankind's actions....
-
GM ingredients rare in European supermarkets, finds Greenpeace survey
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 Following the coming into effect of the EU Directive on the labelling of genetically modified (GM) food, Greenpeace has found that only a limited number of such products are on...
-
Proposed Directive establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) (link)
Brussels, 28 Jul 2004 Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) Full Text EXPLANATORY...
-
Hellas SAT to provide broadband via satellite
Paris, 28 Jul 2004 From Greece to the Balkans, the Middle East and south eastern Europe there is a real need for broadband access. This is why Hellas SAT has launched an initiative called HOST (...
-
Today's news
Drugs firms put up £4m to pay for animal experiments Britain's pharmaceutical giants delivered a defiant message to animal rights extremists yesterday by launching a £4 million research fund to pay...
-
Latest research news
Activists challenge monkey lab approval Animal rights activists have challenged the government's approval for a primate research laboratory on greenbelt land even though Cambridge University has...