Copenhagen, 24 Oct 2002 The EU is to promote cross-disciplinary research within the field of biotechnology. This was the message at the conference Life Sciences and Biotechnology - The Future of...
For analysts of the Middle East, the prospect of a detailed report by the British intelligence services on the security infrastructure of Iraq was rousing. A secretive system of multiple layers of...
One of the biggest reorganisations of further education in England may lead to the creation of Britain's first US-style community college system. Among the options being considered by Nottinghamshire...
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has issued a prior information notice for series of studies. The studies referred to in the notice are the following: - To enlarge the European Research...
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a prior information notice regarding a call for tenders for studies, data and services within the framework of the 'integrating and...
EMBARGO: 10 April 2003 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure and indeed an honour to have been asked by the organisers of the Biovision forum to act as co-chairman at this plenary session here...
Brussels, 26 Nov 2002 Directors from European higher education institutions are meeting in Denmark on 25 and 26 November discuss the role played by universities in making Europe the world's most...
Brussels, 19 February 2002 Speaking at a Belgian Royal Military Academy workshop on humanitarian mine clearance on 18 February, EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin highlighted how the European...
Some areas of biological science are set to lose funding following a shift in emphasis by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Over the next ten years, the council predicts...
Brussels, 15 April 2004 What are GMOs and GMMs? Genetic modification, genetic engineering or recombinant-DNA technology, first applied in the 1970s is one of the newest methods to introduce novel...
Brussels, 11 Sep 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has announced the forthcoming launch of a high level group on hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. Hydrogen could be a source of clean...
Brussels, 7 February 2002 A network created under the Growth programme of the Fifth Framework programme for research (FP5) is drawing up a strategy plan for future noise research that will support...
Vice-chancellors will be taught how to run universities under plans being developed by the English funding council, Universities UK and the Standing Conference of Principals. The government's higher...
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