Brussels, 26 March 2002 The European Foundation for the Improvement of living and working conditions intends to conclude a study contract for a study on 'European knowledge society foresight on...
Brussels, 26 March 2002 The Information Society DG of the European Commission has issued a call for tenders for the preparation, setting up and organisation of the IST (Information society...
Brussels, 26 March 2002 Introduction and main contacts List of actions (data sheets with detailed description of each action) Information notice Candidate Countries Representatives in the JRC Board...
Brussels, 26 March 2002 The German Working group for industrial research teams (AiF) is opening a contact office in Slovenia, the 12th country from Central and Eastern Europe to participate in the...
Brussels, 26 March 2002 Geel (BE): The three of Europe’s premier certified reference material producers – IRMM, Germany’s Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM) and LGC from the UK...
Paris, 26 March 2002 Initial results from an ambitious health check of the whole planet Earth are due to be released by ESA on Thursday, 28 March. The Agency is set to unveil the first images...
Paris, 26 March 2002 Physics on Stage 2 is a festival for physics teachers, taking place at the European Space Agency's Space Research and Technical Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands from 2 to 6...
FE unions unite in call for pay parity Six further education lecturers’ unions have joined forces to demand pay parity with schoolteachers. The unions, including Natfhe, the Association of Teachers...
Morris argues special case for education spending Labour's school reforms are "fragile" and need continued investment to embed them throughout the period of the next comprehensive spending...
Oxford broke exam rules, race case told Oxford University held examinations in a way that broke its own rules, it was claimed yesterday in a case in which the university is accused of racism towards...
Brussels, 25 March 2002 Exposure to information does not lead to greater trust in the work of scientists, according to two researchers who have studied the relationship between exposure to science in...
Brussels, 25 March 2002 Scientists and environmentalists from four Central and East European countries have requested assistance from the European Union in addressing some of the environmental...
Teachers plan to merge three biggest unions Talks will begin next month on the creation of a "super union" for teachers, it was revealed yesterday. Leaders of the three biggest teachers'...
Sally Hunt beats John Duffy to head AUT Sally Hunt has won the election to become general secretary of the Association of University Teachers. She immediately warned the government that it...
Brussels, 25 March 2002 The global patent system is being tested by a significant rise in the number of worldwide patent applications, according to the assistant director general of the World...