They're watching you
It pays to study people and their mores. Stephen Phillips learns why the corporate spotlight is turning on anthropologists A bland office building in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, seems an unlikely...
It pays to study people and their mores. Stephen Phillips learns why the corporate spotlight is turning on anthropologists A bland office building in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, seems an unlikely...
Unions are keen to shake up the skewed pay system, but they diverge on strategy, says Christina McAnea As the academic unions start the process for industrial action over pay, Unison will be sending...
Brussels, 5 July 2006 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here with you today for the launch of "Photonics21", the European Technology Platform in Photonics. Already last May, I received a...
Brussels, 12 May 2006 Europe’s regions have a key role to play in the creation of a knowledge society in Europe, and the ability of the EU to reach its target of investing 3% of GDP in...
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...
Brussels, 24 Sep 2004 Following to an exchange of views on the Commission's Communication on an European strategy for nanotechnology, the Council adopted the following conclusions: "THE COUNCIL OF...
Brussels, 20 Jul 2005 French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has announced the six industrial clusters and 61 competitiveness clusters or 'pôles de compétitivité...
Brussels, 22 September 2005 Biotechnology Policy Day High Level Roundtable Brussels, 22 September Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank Mr Hans KAST [Chairman of EuropaBio] for his kind...
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...
Obesity Management
London, 22 Mar 2006 This discussion paper presents the next steps in taking forward the Government's Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014. Against the background of increasing global...
Brussels, 31 May 2005 A project on mentoring European knowledge of the chemical regions will hold a conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 June. The project is a collaboration between the regions of...
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....
Peter Scott, a former editor of The Times Higher , was among a strong list of figures from higher education honoured by the Queen this new year. The vice-chancellor of Kingston University was...