Bruxelles, 29 avril 2003 Rappel de l'objectif fix¨¦ par le Conseil europ¨¦en de Barcelone: 3% du PIB en 2010 au lieu de 1,9% aujourd'hui 2/3 financ¨¦ par le secteur priv¨¦. Cet objectif ne concerne pas...
Globalisation and its Discontents
A Leeds academic has developed a new method of tyre disposal that could add millions of pounds in value to the rubber mountains dotted across the globe. Paul Williams, senior lecturer in the...
Just what do vice-chancellors do all day? Harriet Swain joins Michael Brown of Liverpool John Moores University to find out, in the first in a series on the working lives of people in higher...
Spin-off companies are starting to appear in Spain and Portugal after link-ups between industry and universities. Chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay is involved in two new spin-offs in the...
Brussels, 13 March 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has issued a prior information notice for calls for tenders for services, commerce, tourism, e-business and IDA (interchange of data...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for moves to counteract what he describes as the 'reversal of the European paradox,' the phenomenon of Europe's failure to...
The shape of further education in the next century was outlined in a national implementation plan released by the Further Education Funding Council this week. Networking Lifelong Learning: Making It...
Paris, 26 Nov 2002 Internet traffic jams may become history if ESA succeeds in developing new technology to see nearby Earth-sized planets. Why? In looking for new ways to detect planets ESA is...
Copenhagen, 28 June 2002 During the Danish Presidency, the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Helge Sander, will be the President of two Councils of Ministers: Telecommunications (IT...
V-cs shun 'Mickey Mouse' and elite tag Vice-chancellors have hit back at claims that universities are purveyors of "Mickey Mouse" degrees and elitism. Universities UK launched its Employability and...
Students shun new universities Students are turning their backs on new universities in favour of traditional institutions. Many former polytechnics and colleges have suffered a huge dip in...
Against Equality of Opportunity
Businesses set to determine college courses Businesses are to be given a central role in determining what courses are offered by further education colleges, the government announced yesterday....
Brussels, 19 Mar 2003 Permettez-moi tout d'abord de dire quelques mots sur la Politique de S¨¦curit¨¦ et de D¨¦fense en g¨¦n¨¦ral. Hier, le Conseil de l'Union europ¨¦enne a pris la d¨¦cision de lancer la...