'Fund nanotechnology to keep UK in vanguard'
A report this week called for more government funding to put the UK at the forefront of the nanotechnology industry. The report, by the Advisory Group on Nanotechnology Applications, says the UK has...
A report this week called for more government funding to put the UK at the forefront of the nanotechnology industry. The report, by the Advisory Group on Nanotechnology Applications, says the UK has...
Brussels, 6 October 2005 What are European technology platforms? European Technology Platforms (ETPs) help industrial and academic research communities in specific technology fields to co-ordinate...
Brussels, 24 Feb 2006 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL Implementing the renewed partnership for growth and jobs Developing a knowledge flagship: the European Institute of...
Brussels, 20 October 2005 1) What are nanotechnologies? Nanotechnologies involve the controlled production at molecular level of new materials, structures and devices, which have at least one...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 If any members of the Deans' European Academic Network (DEAN) questioned the significance of the theme for their annual conference in Porto, Portugal, on and 28 September (...
Disease and Democracy
Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 There are only a few days left to go before the EU's Competitiveness Council meets to find an agreement on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). And while 'the climate for...
Stem Cell Now
The unions are taking a now-or-never approach to the pay dispute, while the employers favour pleading poverty. Phil Baty and Alan Thomson chart the history of the industrial action and consider...
Brussels, 3th June 2005 6th June 2005 and SpaceCouncil 7th June 2005 (Gregor Kreuzhuber, Oliver Drewes, Antonia Mochan, Phillip Tod ) The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Luxembourg on Monday...
15/09/2005 Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economy Brussels, 15 September 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this conference hosted by the European Commission together...
Brussels, 10 March 2006 The EU and Russia are getting closer in space activities. The Head of the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (Roscosmos) Anatoliy Perminov, the Director General of...
University pay row threatens fee policy Universities are facing a year of pay strikes that could plunge the Government's flagship top-up fees policy into chaos. Academics are demanding at least one...
Brussels, 30 Jun 2005 In recognition of the growing importance of the emerging knowledge-based sector of the bio-economy, the European Commission is to hold a high-profile conference in Brussels (...
Brussels, March 2006 Conference “giving more for research” Brussels, March 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me start by extending a warm welcome to you all! I am delighted to see...