European food consumers in safe hands
Brussels, 16 October 2006 Recent news of banned genetically-modified products entering Europe, of the presence in food of the carcinogenic compound acrylamide and other harmful substances, have left...
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Potocnik agrees with the need to think 'beyond Lisbon'
Brussels, 23 Sep 2005 Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the recommendations of a foresight report by an expert group on 'Key Technologies for Europe', agreeing with the...
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The European Investment Bank supports promising R&D projects
Helsinki, 28 October 2005 The European Investment Bank supports promising R&D projects 2005 EIB Forum: “Lisbon Strategy – Closing the Gap” took place in Helsinki...
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Commission Agenda Entry: Mon 19th June – Wed 21st June: Aerodays marking advancements in research
Brussels, 02 Jun 2006 The news: The fifth Community Aeronautics Days event is to take place in Vienna. With up to 1,000 participants expected, this is a key event for European research and technology...
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Zeros make heroes
We are living in a golden age of numbers, with a new world of opportunities created by theoretical and applied maths. Chloe Stothart figures out why being a mathematician today really counts. "There...
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Inside track...
Damned statistics? The UK could soon be left with just 12 or so statistics departments, with dozens more condemned to serve as mere support staff for other academic fields, it was claimed this week....
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Skills are the business
The article "Business will pay if courses meet needs" ( THES, March 28) bears little relevance to the accompanying photograph of student engineers with a racing car they built in six months as part...
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Innovation and Competitiveness as Challenges - a "Cluster Alliance" as Europe's Answer
Brussels, 19 May 2006 Full text of Document 9398/06 Suite of documents 9398/06 The challenges of globalisation represented an important theme at the informal European Competitiveness Council that...
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UK drive to boost overseas numbers
The Government this week urged universities and colleges to boost their contribution to the UK economy by recruiting more overseas students and becoming global centres of excellence for teaching and...
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European Technology Platforms for Information and Communication Technologies: Frequently Asked Questions
Brussels, 18 September 2006 European Technology Platforms for Information and Communication Technologies: Frequently Asked Questions What are European technology platforms? European Technology...
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Regions: the building blocks of a 'European Innovation Area', hears conference
Brussels, 09 Jun 2005 When relaunching the Lisbon agenda for competitiveness earlier this year, EU leaders acknowledged the central role that knowledge and innovation must play if Europe is to...
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Commission submits plan for keeping Europe at the forefront of nanotechnology
Brussels, 14 Jun 2005 The European Commission has proposed an action plan for nanosciences and nanotechnologies (N&N), which makes clear what the Commission and the Member States must do in...
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DTI caught in free-data row
Anna Fazackerley reports on claims that concern over the profits of the big publishers led the Government to interfere in research council plans to make all research available free online The...
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Commissioner Philippe Busquin: Biotechnologies in the European Research Area, EuropaBio General Assembly
Brussels, 24th June 2004 It is an honour for me to be with you today. I would like to take this opportunity to address three issues today that are of relevance to the biotechnology sector : The...
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Ljubljana conference signals evolution of EU regional innovation policy
Brussels, 03 Jun 2005 Since its creation in 1996, the European Commission's Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) network has built up a membership of some 250 European regions, helping many of them to...