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Today's cash-driven managerial ethos is being blamed for course cuts and the curbs on blue-skies thinking The Government must act to safeguard the future of vital science subjects in UK universities...
Today's cash-driven managerial ethos is being blamed for course cuts and the curbs on blue-skies thinking The Government must act to safeguard the future of vital science subjects in UK universities...
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 An international symposium on nanotechnology and patenting will take place at the European Patent Office in The Hague, the Netherlands, on 9 and 10 November. The symposium...
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...
Brussels, 18 May 2006 European Commission conference on the open method of coordination in research Brussels, 18 May 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to start by thanking the Austrian...
The Origin of Wealth
Brussels, 11 October 2006 Minister Wu, Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome honourable guests – or rather 'Huan ying guan ling'. It gives me great pleasure to launch the China-EU Science and...
Brussels, 17 Jul 2006 In October 2002, a conference in Copenhagen posed the question, 'Do we need a European Research Council?' The answer from researchers across the EU was a resounding YES, and now...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2004 The University of Trento and Microsoft Research are jointly organising an international conference on the theme of 'converging sciences', to be held in Trento, Italy, on 16 and...
Manchester University emerged as the big winner in the second round of Research Councils UK Fellowship Awards designed to nurture postgraduate talent. Manchester won 22 of the 400 fellowships...
Brussels, 30 Jan 2004 The tenth annual pharmaceuticals conference, themed 'exploring possibilities for a new era of growth', organised by The Economist, will take place on 12 February in London, UK....
Brussels, 30 Jan 2004 The tenth annual pharmaceuticals conference, themed 'exploring possibilities for a new era of growth', organised by The Economist, will take place on 12 February in London, UK....
Brussels, 13 Jun 2006 MEPs debated the EU research and development programme (FP7). With some â'¬54.5 billion at stake, MEPs saw this as crucial to achieving increased economic...
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...
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...
John Moores lecturers to protest over schools closures Lecturers at Liverpool John Moores University will today protest against plans to close the institution's language and business information...