Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Full text of Document 8437/05 Suite of documents 8437/05 Delegations will find attached European Commission document COM(2005) 152 final. * * * Full text of Document 8437/05...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 An impact assessment study on the European Commission's proposals for a new chemicals policy, entitled REACH, has found that the companies affected by the proposals would not...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Ahead of the EU directive to abolish animal testing in scientific experiments if an alternative test exists, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The European Commission is funding one of the world's largest joint research projects in the field of white organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which aims to develop and...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The Finnish government has adopted a resolution on the structural development of the public research system, outlining future strategies for the organisations that guide,...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Germany is ahead of Anglo Saxon countries in terms of exporting its study programmes, according to the country's Education and Research Minister, Edelgard Bulmahn. As the...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The second FEHRL road research meeting (FeRRM 05) will be held from 13 to 17 June in Brussels, Belgium. The event will seek to answer questions such as: - how do we develop the...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Renowned genetics expert Axel Kahn will be answering questions on cloning and stem cells via Canal Chat on 23 May. Dr Kahn is president of the European Commission's high level...
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for a study on the status of eInclusion measurement, analysis and approaches for improvement. The contractor will be...
Polls put Lib Dems as party of education Labour's reputation as the party of the education sector is likely to come to an end on May 5, as teachers, academics and students turn towards the Liberal...
"A new guide challenges assumptions that disciplines such as religious studies are of little use in the workplace" - The Times Higher, April 22. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that III has...
People who work in universities and colleges do not need this newspaper to tell them how to vote. While higher education policy may be particularly important to them, academics (and students) will be...
As a delegate to the utterly shameful Association of University Teachers Council last week, I think it important to supply a correction to reports on the "debate" leading to the approval of three of...
I have decided to resign from the AUT over its unfair and malign decision to boycott two Israeli universities, and I urge all other members of the AUT to join me. In the first place, the actions of...
There are very many differences between the academic boycotts of the South African universities under apartheid and the recent AUT boycotts of Israeli universities. Here is just one difference: there...