Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 Biotechnology still has a great deal to offer the agricultural sector, but more needs to be done to help the public understand the benefits of 'green biotechnologies'. This was...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 Polish Christian Democrat MEP Jerzy Buzek has been awarded the Parliament Magazine MEP award for research and technology. When nominating Mr Buzek, the magazine stated he had...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 The British Council's Café Scientifique returns to Brussels on 19 October with an open discussion entitled 'Nanoworld: Great Benefit or Danger?' The events are an opportunity to...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 On 16-17 October 2006, CLORA (Club of associated research organisations) will hold a workshop in Brussels, Belgium, on the Ideas and Capacities programmes of the Seventh...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 Parliament adopted a report by a large majority - 565 votes in favour to 29 against and 15 abstentions - calling for stricter animal welfare rules in the EU. The report calls on...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 Full text of Document 3411/06 1. Risk sharing finance facility - examination of Presidency text 2. International Scientific and Technological cooperation agreements (EC and...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 Full text of Document 3406/06 1. Annotated Agenda for the 6th Session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Foods derived from Biotechnology (TF FBT), Chiba, Japan...
Khatami lecture attracts protesters Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami will face protests from students and human rights groups as he delivers a keynote lecture at the University of St Andrews...
Is everybody here? Sorry, we're a little cramped this morning but our usual lecture room is currently awaiting refurbishment. No need to stand at the back. There are still a few empty chairs here at...
To learn English, go to Catalonia. Fiscal incentives for language learning are on the platforms of both main parties in the forthcoming elections there. It makes one wonder what might winkle most...
Government tsars are not appointed when everything in their field of expertise is going smoothly, so it is no surprise that John Holman appears to face overwhelming odds in the new role of national...
Changes of governance, as both Oxford and Cambridge have demonstrated over recent years, often generate strong feelings in universities, however dry they may appear to the outside observer. But the...
The London Metropolitan University dispute over the attempted imposition of a contract that would have undermined members' professional role was the most complex higher education local industrial...
We object to the assertion that the University and College Union "jeopardised its future industrial strength" by failing to support members at London Metropolitan University during their contract...
The London Metropolitan University dispute was bitter, but I have little doubt that union members received local, regional and national support. Yes, there are lessons to learn from what happened,...