Union calls for 'Robin Hood' funding solution
Universities should be means-tested so that public funds can be diverted from the richest universities to the poorest, lecturers' union Natfhe has said. The "Robin Hood" solution is mooted in Natfhe'...
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From today's UK papers
Bush tries to oust climate scientist The Bush administration, prompted by the oil company Exxon-Mobil, is trying to oust British scientist Robert Watson from his role as chairman of the...
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Call for expressions of interest: Research on economic policies, analysis, tools, databases, financial and monetary questions
Brussels, 04 April 2002 Tenders Call for the expressions of interest n ° 2002/ECFIN/02 The European Commission is issuing a "Call for expressions of interest" with a view to the possibility of...
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Swedish conference to examine 'Life in space for life on Earth'
Brussels, 04 April 2002 The '2002 Life in space for life on Earth' event, including the eighth European symposium on life sciences research in space and the 23rd Annual international gravitational...
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European chemical measurement network gets underway
Brussels, 04 April 2002 A new EU-funded virtual network of excellence in the area of chemical measurement has started work. Europe's Virtual Institute for Chemometrics and Industrial Metrology (VICIM...
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Making the best use of Envisat and friends
Paris, 04 April 2002 So now that Envisat is in orbit and we have access to more and better data about our Earth and its environment, how can we ensure that we make the best use of this data as well...
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Ombudsman criticises Research DG for requiring a person undergoing an oral test to use a language he had not chosen and for delay in replying to his appeal
Strasbourg, 4 April 2002 Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 69/2001/BB against the European Commission. Strasbourg, 25 March 2002. Text The complainant applied for the selection...
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Commission calls for study on biological status of species subject to import restrictions
Brussels, 04 April 2002 The European Commission's Environment DG has announced a call for tenders for a study on species which are subject to import restrictions. The species in question are subject...
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UK science at risk as labs fall to pieces
University laboratories are falling apart as a result of a £3 billion maintenance backlog, according to a study carried out for the Office of Science and Technology. The report, by J. M. Consulting,...
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Next week
News Governance: who really runs our universities? Features For the greater good? Ethical dilemmas for fieldworkers following September 11. Plus : Dolf Zillman gives his view on the causes of...
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Big Apple topples Harvard
New York University has toppled Harvard as the top destination for overseas students studying in the United States - in spite of the September 11 effect. "As a rebuttal to terrorism, New York,...
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Joint company set up to operate synchrotron
The government and the Wellcome Trust have set up a joint venture company, Diamond Light Source, to build and operate the diamond synchrotron. The £235 million project will be based at the Rutherford...
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Scots bid to support business in rural areas
Scotland's four specialist agricultural institutions have won backing from the European Social Fund for an online venture to help support struggling rural communities. The partnership between the...
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V-c calls for funding that promotes diversity
Students should be free to vote with their feet - which would promote diversity in higher education, a conference will hear next week. Alasdair Smith (pictured), vice-chancellor of the University of...
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Queen Mary resists redundancy committee
The college council of Queen Mary, University of London, has resisted pressure to establish a redundancy committee. The principal had asked the council to set up the committee after receiving a...