Brussels, 19 May 2006 The news: The European Parliament is expected to adopt the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) on first reading. Competitiveness and innovation are the twin keys to...
Brussels, 30 May 2005 The chair of the Parliament's industry, research and energy (ITRE) committee, Giles Chichester, has written to the European Parliament President Josep Borrell to express the '...
As ballot papers went out, just a handful of members came to hear candidates for the UCU's top job, and most were unimpressed. Tony Tysome reports It might have been expected that hustings for the...
Brussels, May 2005 Giles CHICHESTER (EPP-ED, UK), who chairs Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, has written to the President of Parliament, Josep BORRELL, expressing his...
Gordon Brown's plans for a single unified fund for UK health research are set to be ditched months after they were announced, fuelling widespread anxiety about the Treasury's intervention in science...
London, 31 October 2006 CVMP Reflection paper on the use of fluoroquinolones in food-producing animals in the European Union: Development of resistance and impact on human and animal health On 12...
Brussels, 25 October 2006 Fraunhofer researchers come top of the league in recycling plastics from electrical and electronic waste. A worldwide comparison was performed by the British non-profit...
Brussels, 20 Sep 2006 Council's reasons: Full text of Document 12032/06 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 12032/06 Subject: Common position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the...
French scientists fear a sharp focus on industry will blur the big picture, writes Stephane Perissutti As UK universities prepare for the 2008 research assessment exercise, the French Government is...
Managing Good Governance in Higher Education
Brussels, 21 October 2005 Biotechnology is driving innovation in medicines, agriculture and industry. Biotech-based industrial techniques consume fewer resources, clean up the environment and provide...
Brussels, 17 May 2006 Participants at the two-day conference on 'Re-searching Women in Science and Technology' in Vienna on 15 and 16 May, were granted an insight into some of the best practices in...
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 FINAL A6-0290/2006 19.9.2006 REPORT on a Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010 Full text [...] EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Introduction It is the...
As long as religious fundamentalist doctrines have influence, Muslim countries will lack a science base, warns Riaz Hassan. Universities in Muslim countries did poorly in the recent Times Higher...
Work disparity casts doubts on student degrees The degree classification relied on by graduate recruiters has been thrown into question after it emerged that students at different universities are...