Science robbed of £2bn
Universities subsidise research commissioned by outside bodies to the tune of £2 billion a year, it was revealed this week. The full extent of the funding gap emerged from an official review that did...
Universities subsidise research commissioned by outside bodies to the tune of £2 billion a year, it was revealed this week. The full extent of the funding gap emerged from an official review that did...
Washington, 20 Apr 2004 To enhance the vitality and overall operation of the nation's patent system, federal officials should take decisive steps to increase the system's flexibility, openness, and...
Brussels, 08 May 2003 Following an exchange of views on the Commission communication "Innovation policy: updating the Union's approach in the context of the Lisbon strategy" the Council is expected...
The Football Association is leaving no stone, or turf, unturned in its strategy to win back the World Cup - or any major international trophy for that matter. It has turned to the science of surfaces...
Brussels, 05 Sep 2003 In an effort to strengthen its international relations, the EU has underscored the importance of increased scientific co-operation with other world regions. And Southeast Asia...
Paris, 09 Jun 2003 From Sunday 15 to Sunday 22 June, ESA will be present at the 2003 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget with a special pavilion dedicated to the European space programmes. Visitors will not...
Paris, 16 May 2003 On May the Ministers responsible for space activities in the Member States of the European Space Agency and Canada will meet in Paris, at ESA's Head Office. They meet to take...
Academics' commercial consultancy work is set to join teaching and research as a core university activity, vice-chancellors predicted this week. The Universities UK good practice guide Optimising...
Brussels, 19 March 2002 'The biggest and the most difficult challenge which the smaller countries face in S&T [science and technology] is finding a balance between their needs and constraints...
Brussels, 15 April 2004 What are GMOs and GMMs? Genetic modification, genetic engineering or recombinant-DNA technology, first applied in the 1970s is one of the newest methods to introduce novel...
One of the biggest reorganisations of further education in England may lead to the creation of Britain's first US-style community college system. Among the options being considered by Nottinghamshire...
Brussels, 10 Dec 2002 A group of international professors are launching a journal to teach potential innovators how to be entrepreneurial. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education (...
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has issued a prior information notice for series of studies. The studies referred to in the notice are the following: - To enlarge the European Research...
Brussels, 09 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a prior information notice regarding a call for tenders for studies, data and services within the framework of the 'integrating and...
EMBARGO: 10 April 2003 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure and indeed an honour to have been asked by the organisers of the Biovision forum to act as co-chairman at this plenary session here...