Brussels, 23 April 2002 Growth rates for information technology (IT) industries in the majority of EU Member States overtook those of the economy as a whole between 1995 and 2001, according to a...
Brussels, 23 April 2002 The ILA 2002 international aerospace exhibition will take place at Berlin's Schönefeld Airport from 6 to 12 May. The event, which will be opened by the German Chancellor...
Brussels, 23 April 2002 The results of European research on stratospheric ozone carried out under the EU's Fifth Framework programme for research (FP5) will be presented at the Sixth European...
FE unites in cash plea Colleges united yesterday to demand urgent action to reverse the crisis in further education funding, which sees starting salaries for lecturers trailing teachers by at least £...
Invest more or risk 'economic failure', Dearing warns Lord Dearing, author of the influential 1997 report on higher education, will warn chancellor Gordon Brown this afternoon that he must invest...
Oxford race case dismissed A judge yesterday dismissed a case of alleged racism brought against Oxford University because of insufficient evidence. Judge Jonathan Playford, at Reading crown court,...
Brussels, 22 April 2002 Alien invasions, threatened ecosystems, early warning systems, … it sounds like excerpts from HG Wells' War of the Worlds, but these are some of the topics under discussion on...
Brussels, 22 April 2002 An online survey of 2,000 UK students aged between 16 and 19 has shown that they want more opportunities to debate controversial science topics such as cloning and genetic...
University selection postcodes 'a secret' The Higher Education Funding Council has refused to identify the postcode areas in which universities are being paid to recruit students as part of the...
Oxbridge recruits to civil service in decline The proportion of Oxbridge graduates among successful applicants to the fast-track recruitment scheme for the civil service has dropped...
Brussels, 22 April 2002 Members of the press are invited to attend a discussion by education experts on the opportunities of e-learning in Berlin, Germany on 23 April. Germany's federal Minister for...
Brussels, 19 April 2002 Draft report on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...
Bruxelles, le 19 avril 2002 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS What is the EDCTP? EDCTP is a new programme to facilitate and accelerate clinical trials for drugs and vaccines against the 3 poverty- related...
Barcellone, 19 avril 2002 Monsieur le Premier Ministre, Mesdames les ministres, Excellences, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je suis très heureux de pouvoir annoncer aujourd'hui la première phase d'une...
Brussels, 19 April 2002 The European Commission's science and society initiatives are 'certainly not just a gadget to sell hard sciences better or to force people to accept something they don't want...