Paris, 14 March 2002 The OECD has invited China to participate as an Observer in its Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy (CSTP) which addresses a broad range of policy issues from the...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The winner of the 2001 Rammal award has been announced as Palestinian Professor Ahmad Teebi. The award is given each year to a scientist from a Mediterranean country who has...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The European Commission is supporting an initiative which aims to help researchers and scientists to acquire the skills needed to turn a good biotechnology idea into a...
Geneva, 14 March 2002 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures: Codex Alimentarius Commission. Summary Reports of Recent Meetings - Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 Europe's high-tech industries and millions of euro of economic benefits are at risk unless the Galileo satellite navigation system is given the go-ahead at the European...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Hungarian Minister of Education, József Pálinkás, has announced the introduction of a new fellowship for foreign researchers, aimed at promoting excellence within Hungary...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 The Centre of excellence - women in science (CEWS) and the European association of research managers and administrators (EARMA) is organising a three day course for women on...
Brussels, 14 March 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, has expanded its nanotechnology service to offer more information on research, policy and...
Paris, 12 March 2002 On 22 March, at the Technopolis Museum in Brussels, seven of Europe's leading research organisations* launch a joint outreach programme for the run-up to European Science Week in...
Canny UK universities are tapping US donor potential. Sheldon Elliot Steinbach and Celia Roady explain. British universities are clearly in for a tough time over the next few years. Signs of tight...
Don't get carried away with the mega-university - there will be a price to pay, insists Colin Clark. The era of the mega-university has arrived. The recent announcement of the merger between...
Get off your high academic horses over the Disability Discrimination Act, says Peter Nicholson. Higher education is under the starter's gun to put its house in order and to comply with the Disability...
The World Trade Organisation talks on liberalising international trade in services - through the General Agreement on Trade in Services - may not sound earth-shattering, but if higher education...