The Hague, 26 Nov 2004 The Competitiveness Council of 26th November mandated the European Commission to do its utmost to finalize the negotiations between the six partners of ITER, the international...
Brussels, 30 July 2004 The Commission is launching a wide consultation on its Communication ※Towards a European Strategy for Nanotechnology§ in which it proposed an integrated and responsible...
Brussels, 20 May 2005 China and France have taken a step towards greatly enhanced cooperation in the field of middleware technologies and distributed systems with the signing on 15 May of a...
Brussels, 08 Jul 2005 The Internet is on the verge of another revolution. The development of the World Wide Web allowed millions around the world access to information by making it easy for anyone to...
Postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences and humanities are twice as likely to secure permanent posts in their universities than those in the biological and physical sciences, official figures...
Brussels, 10 February 2005 Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to welcome you all to this debate on the key policies that will shape the future of European higher education...
Tourism chief executive Richard Dickinson visits Bournemouth University where he studied as a mature student in the 1980s There are buildings everywhere. Returning, it is hard to get a handle on the...
Brussels, 14 November 2005 Natural and manmade catastrophes in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, coupled with increased security needs, have further reinforced the case for improved monitoring...
British boardrooms may be notoriously male dominated but university business schools are proving more enlightened, with women far more conspicuous at all levels. The Association of Business Schools...
Paris, 02 May 2005 In 2005, the International Futures Programme (IFP) of the OECD will start a two year project that aims to draft a broad policy agenda for governments in respect to the bioeconomy....
The University of Hawaii's department of tropical plant and soil sciences has embarked on a ten-year quest to develop the first blue orchid. Students and faculty in the department assist Hawaii's...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2004 The theme of the third European Business Summit, which took place in Brussels on 12 and 13 March, was 'Research and innovation: a European strategy for more growth and jobs'....
Brussels, 15 Mar 2004 The theme of the third European Business Summit, which took place in Brussels on 12 and 13 March, was 'Research and innovation: a European strategy for more growth and jobs'....
Brussels, 29 Nov 2005 The Competitiveness Council has reached a provisional agreement on the structure of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), providing the basis for future discussions following...
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 The European Commission has adopted a communication calling on Member States to introduce reforms that will allow Europe's universities to better contribute to the EU goal of...