Brussels, 11 April 2002 The European Commission has selected 15 new research projects for funding, all focusing on TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies). The move, which came following a...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 Scientists at the Roslin institute in Edinburgh, which cloned the sheep Dolly, have stated that they are applying for a license to carry out research on human embryos. The...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 The Commission has sent a Letter of Formal Notice to Ireland asking for compliance with a 2001 European Court of Justice ruling with regard to...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 The Polish National contact point (NCP) for the Marie Curie fellowship programme is seeking to encourage researchers from abroad to go to Poland as Marie Curie fellows, under...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 Ad Hoc Group on Biomaterials - Nomination of its members. Information note. European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Brussels...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 The European space agency (ESA) is planning its first mission to unveil the mysteries of Earth's sister planet, Venus. The Venus Express spacecraft, due for launch in 2005, is...
Paris, 11 April 2002 Over thirty international media representatives witnessed yesterday the christening of the first Automated Transfer Vehicle at ESA/ESTEC. Due for launch in late 2004, the first...
Paris, 11 April 2002 Today, at European Space Agency headquarters in Paris, Mr Roger-Gérard Schwartzenberg, the French Minister for Research, and Mr Antonio Rodotà , ESA Director General, signed an...
Brussels, 11 April 2002 Speaking to a Brussels audience on 10 April, President of the German research organisation the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Professor Hans-Jürgen...
Hodge puts case for poorer students Universities were urged yesterday by the higher education minister, Margaret Hodge, to give places to bright students - even if they had worse A-level grades than...
The personal papers of former newspaper editor Lord Cudlipp have been donated to Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies. The collection includes more than 3,000 letters...
Universities in the United States are coming under pressure to drop companies with "substantial" business links with Israel from their investment portfolios. The disinvestment drive is spearheaded by...
The cycle of violence - Palestinian suicide bomb attacks in Israeli cities and Israeli tank attacks on Palestinian cities - has taken its toll on students and universities on both sides. Palestinian...
Ten students from the University of Sussex have returned to Britain after being trapped in the West Bank town of Ramallah during the Israeli army incursion. The students were among activists who...
The University of California last week recalled its remaining students from Israel and suspended study programmes there in the face of escalating violence. The students from the University of...