Few goals of contemporary policy are as ambitious as the construction of the new Europe. But while policymakers in and outside Europe are still debating the details of the E.U.'s eastward expansion, Europe's Ph.D. researchers are making rapid progress in organising themselves on a pan-European level. After the success of Eurodoc's spring conference, the new Eurodoc board met earlier this month fo...
In biotech, Britain is one of Europe's heavy hitters. Although the United Kingdom and Germany are in close competition, and continually leapfrog each other to take the lead in the sector, the country in third place, France, falls a long way behind. In 2001, it was the United Kingdom's turn to lead the pack, identified by the European Community's European Competitiveness Report as the country with...
What has Europe achieved in the field of scientific careers while the Netherlands has held the European presidency? As the presidency stick is handed over to Luxembourg, there is a clear answer: the number of advances in scientific career development during the Dutch presidency of the European Union (EU) has stopped at zero. Yet, even if there haven't been any real changes for the better, career ...
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BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX EBNIC (an EMBO-coordinated action) is funded by the European Commission under the INCO-DC Program (International Co-operation for Developing Countries). The initiative began on 1 February 1998. EBNIC is essentially a "virtual" organization whose aim is to facilitate European scientists and industries who wish to interact with China in the field of biotechnology. Mary Gan...
Reposted from Science magazine, August 31, 2001. PRAGUE--Prague's historic castle was an appropriate setting for a meeting this past spring of Europe's top education officials. The topic was the future of higher education in Europe, and the castle--a majestic but confusing maze of structures that inspired Franz Kafka's classic novel about modern alienation and bureaucracy--served as a metaphor fo...
10 December 2005 Tools For Researchers: A Career Development Workshop Sponsors: Science's Next Wave; Junior Faculty, Karolinska Institute Location: Nobel Forum, Karolinska Institutet. Nobels väg 1, Stockholm, Sweden An interactive workshop for PhD students and Junior Faculty researchers covering all aspects of career development. For more information contact Seema Sharma . The event is free but r...
"We are looking for dynamic young scientists who believe that they have something to say on mobility in the E.U. scientific community and that their ideas for developing and improving the European situation in the 21st century should be heard." This call for participation was answered by over 100 young mobile researchers from 18 E.U. countries and associated states, who attended a conference on "...
There was something like spring in the air during the Eurodoc conference 2003. The unusually mild and sunny weather in Soest, the Netherlands, where the meeting was held, certainly played its part. But more influential by far were the enthusiasm and motivation of the PhD students from all over Europe. Although the young scientists from Northern and Southern, Eastern and Western Europe came from q...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Over the past two years, a new political impetus has been given to European science through the concept of the European Research Area (ERA) articulated by Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research of the European Union (EU) ( 1, 2). The ERA is a concept that attempts to catalyze coherence and to mobilize joint efforts across Europe with the aim of improving Europe?s re...
The present and future situation of young scientists in Europe and strategies for involving the younger generation of scientists in the design of European science policy were the topics of discussion at the second International Forum of Young Scientists. Held in Gdansk, Poland, between 7 and 9 October, it brought together 54 young scientists from 22 countries, a high percentage of them from Easte...
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Experiments to run; papers to read (and write!); seminars to attend ... It?s hard to remember everything, but your career development is something you shouldn?t forget about. So let Next Wave help you, with regular e-mail alerts! Twice a month, we will send you an e-mail highlighting our most recent European content--including features and news articles on everything from the scientific job marke...
New opportunities for early career scientists to work at the interface of computer science and other scientific disciplines are expected to open up in Europe in the coming years as Microsoft plans to invest big money in European science. Announced by Bill Gates at the Government Leaders Forum in Prague last February, the Microsoft European Science Initiative will create new centres of excellence ...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX The global quest for scientific excellence has intensified enormously in recent years. In contrast to its competitors, such as the USA, Japan, or China, which have national institutions and a national culture, Europe is a multitude of nations, cultures, and languages. Now, only a small portion of its science takes place at the European level. Accordingly, there are not o...
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INDEX OF ARTICLES Dear CareerDoctor, I am in the final year of my biochemistry degree, and once I've graduated I want to work in a lab abroad. But so far I've had little luck in figuring out how I could do this. Do you know of jobs abroad as a lab assistant, trainee, or the like? I don't want to do further studying or a Ph.D. yet but would like to actually earn some money! I should leave York wit...
