It’s clear that people are gearing up for the “rentrée” on Monday – my diary is filling up with meetings after several quiet weeks. And it’s also obvious that with the prospect of a general election looming, and EP elections next year, we’re going to have a lot of work on our hands over theContinue reading “Emerging from the August slumber”
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Beagledors looking for a home
This site has been found several times by someone using the search term “beagledors” which is picking up on my visit to Stowe in June. Two of the puppies I saw then are looking for homes, so if you’re interested and a serious person (these puppies have been messed around a lot already in theirContinue reading “Beagledors looking for a home”
Taking the biscuit (and the scone, cupcake, fairy cake…)
Euromyths are funny things. They can be because one individual inspector gets heavy about something. They can be because EU rules are usually minimum standards and a country has chosen to go further when putting them into national law. In a few cases the myth itself is that they’re a myth, when we accept thatContinue reading “Taking the biscuit (and the scone, cupcake, fairy cake…)”
Silly season
There’s been a story doing the rounds a bit during “silly season” that’s actually pretty interesting. It all comes from a piece in the Sunday Times about how there is a dearth of quality English native speaker translators and interpreters in the European institutions. While there may be some nuance that was missed, the articleContinue reading “Silly season”
Enjoy the silence
*weird, this got caught in the out tray. Still, here it is for the record* Sorry for the long break – I was in France for a few days for my father’s 60th birthday, then Brussels sorting out moving all my belongings out of the house there and into the one here. The stuff arrivesContinue reading “Enjoy the silence”
Making the most of our research funding
More science news – you didn’t know this was a science blog, did you…! We’ve made an announcement today about a pilot project to make the results of EU-funded research more available. Basically research groups that receive money from the EU’s Research Framework Programme will be required to put any articles or reports into aContinue reading “Making the most of our research funding”