Europe takes over from USA on the web
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Internet penetration is now greater in Europe than in the USA, according to a new survey. While the USA has 183 million users, Europe has 186 million, according to the nua.com...
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Internet penetration is now greater in Europe than in the USA, according to a new survey. While the USA has 183 million users, Europe has 186 million, according to the nua.com...
Brussels, 03 Feb 2006 While Ireland has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years, driven predominantly by investment in high-tech manufacturing, the country is now coming under pressure as...
Cambridge University has set up its first investment board and is set to appoint a chief investment officer in an effort to professionalise the management of its endowments more in line with US...
Someone else who needs nowhere to put his car but will be remembered for some time is this week's Alumnus to be proud of, No 174 in the series. Ol' Blue Eyes has gone, and a deep gloom has presumably...
Universities have achieved modest improvements in dropout rates in the past year. The annual performance indicators from Higher Education Statistics Agency show that 8.8 per cent of students who...
Applications to the university with the lowest fees in the UK have grown by more than 12 per cent, against a national decline of 3.2 per cent. Leeds Metropolitan University is processing ,125...
Science degrees have survived the introduction of top-up fees with more ease than many in the arts. Universities accepted more chemistry students this year than in any year since 1999 and 3.7 per...
Although some call it 'nonsense' and a 'political fix', Lord Dearing's landmark report left an enduring legacy in terms of access, quality and, of course, tuition fees. However much Lord Dearing's...
Junior doctors' failure to bone up on anatomy is prompting concern, but some medical schools are pioneering alternative ways to teach the subject, says Melanie Newman. There are medical students...
Cambridge University has made more offers to state-school pupils this year compared with last year, in contrast to Oxford University, writes Caroline Davis. Susan Stobbs, Cambridge's director for...
The Spanish Inquisition
London, 30 December 2003 The OFT today referred the proposed acquisition by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH of the microscopy business of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc to the Competition Commission (CC). The OFT has...
London, 30 December 2003 The OFT today referred the proposed acquisition by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH of the microscopy business of Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc to the Competition Commission (CC). The OFT has...
Brussels, 07 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12933/05 Suite of documents 12933/05 2681st meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION COMPETITIVENESS (INTERNAL MARKET, INDUSTRY AND RESEARCH) date:...
Brussels, 09 Oct 2006 Participants in a public consultation have reacted positively overall to proposals made by the European Commission to overhaul the scientific publication system in Europe....