Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 Sustainability, smart growth and a multi-sectoral integrated strategy are the key concepts in the European debate on urban sprawl, say experts. At the final seminar of the...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 14240/04 Suite of documents 14240/04 Subject: Public access to documents - Confirmatory application 26/c/01/04 Delegations will find annexed hereto: * a...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 4068/04 Agenda for the EU coordination meeting on 14 November 2004: 11h00: EU meeting of legal experts on agenda items 5, 6 nd 7 15h00: regular EU-...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 The European Commission has launched a new website providing information on the ongoing efforts to identify thematic research priorities for its proposals for the Seventh...
Brussels, 10 Nov 2004 With support from the Commission's Science and Society programme, the second Living Knowledge conference, entitled 'Advancing science and society interactions', will take place...
Poor students at top universities up by 49% The number of students from the poorest backgrounds entering Britain's top universities has increased by nearly 50 per cent since Labour came to power,...
Anger as ministers block science publishing shake-up A powerful committee of MPs has accused the Government of suppressing the views of its own advisers and "kowtowing" to the interests of the...
Researchers hail obesity pill trials US researchers today hailed the latest results from trials of a pill that treats obesity, tackles cholesterol levels and helps patients quit smoking. Rimonabant,...
Brussels, 09 Nov 2004 The UK Parliament's Select Committee on Science and Technology has castigated the government for what it describes as an 'unhealthy collusion' with the publishing industry in...
Brussels, 09 Nov 2004 The European University Association (EUA) has responded to the Commission's proposals on the future of European research with calls for more measures to support universities'...
Brussels, 09 Nov 2004 Computers and video games can motivate children and young people to learn, concludes a report undertaken as part of a Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) project The Information...
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Right to put up university fees must be earned Universities will have to show they are "reaching out" to working-class children as young as 11 before they are allowed to charge higher fees, Sir...
Brussels, 7 November 2004 The European Commission announced today (November 7) in Warsaw the winners of the 2004 Marie Curie Awards, with grants of up to €50,000 going to five outstanding European...
Brussels, 7 November 2004 Dr. Benedetta Ciardi (Italy): Unveiling the Primordial Universe In their own words: “To me, research means trying to answer questions about the environment that surrounds us...