Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 An EU project is aiming to re-establish the manufacture and use of roman cement - an obsolete historic binding material - to help safely restore Europe's heritage buildings to...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 The EU funded nanotechnology network Nanoforum, together with the Austrian national contact point BIT and the VDI, will hold an information seminar on nanotechnology research...
Brussels, August 2003 Due to this summer's unprecedented heat wave, we have been witnessing particularly devastating fires in Southern Europe, particularly around the Mediterranean. Hundreds of...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 An international seminar on 'the meanings of genomics' will take place from 20 to 22 November in Exeter, UK. The main aim of the conference will be to examine how genomic...
Brussels, 25 August 2003 The present document, written jointly by scholars specializing in the economics of innovation and intellectual property, critiques and corrects misleading impressions...
Brussels, 25 August 2003 The undersigned economists have grave concerns about the proposed Directive on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions that has emerged from the JURI committee...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 A one day briefing on the management of Integrated Projects (IPs) within the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take place in Brussels on 16 October. The event is targeted...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 A report carried out at the request of the Commission's Enterprise DG has concluded that innovation capabilities in the candidate countries still lag behind those within the 15...
Brussels, 01 Sep 2003 An international conference on current research information systems will take place from 13 to 15 May 2004 in Antwerp, Belgium. The conference, entitled CRIS 2004, will aim to...
'Ignorant' scientists threaten wildlife survival The international effort to save wildlife from extinction is threatened by scientists' "extraordinarily limited knowledge" of biodiversity, the Royal...
Brunel University to set up school A revival of the ancient tradition of university schools is being planned to raise pupils' academic performances. Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel...
Queen's University, Belfast's director of communications Tom Collins has rejected tribunal claims that he flouted fair employment laws in the appointment of a publications officer. Catholic Patrick...
Eighty per cent of employers of students from Scottish further education colleges consider them well-prepared for work, according to the first performance indicators from the Scottish Further...
The government has invited tenders from institutions wishing to host an £800,000 women in science, engineering and technology resource centre. As part of its strategy to help boost the number of...
What has happened to the UK's £62m e-university? Mark Samuels reports Teaching students online can seem like a mission impossible. All too often, e-learning leaves students frustrated and bored....