Agenda of the Research Working Party, 13 September
Brussels, 10 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 3179/04 1. European RTD Policy: - Communication from the Commission responding to the recommendations of the panel of experts concerning the new...
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Table of genetically modified food pending authorisation in the European Union (link)
Brussels, 10 Sep 2004 Full text Health and Consumer Protection DG
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Science fears attacks will rise with Act
Universities may find it impossible to keep the identity of researchers working on animals hidden from extremists when freedom of information laws come into effect next year, experts warned this week...
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Universities exaggerate dyslexia epidemic for own gain, expert claims
Dyslexia may be being overdiagnosed in undergraduates to enable universities to boost exam results and get specialised support, the general secretary of the Association of Educational Psychologists...
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In the news: Julia Higgins
Dame Julia Higgins, president of the British Association, is convinced that the public must be allowed more of a say in the direction of science. She told delegates at this week's BA Festival of...
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Appointments
Abertay Dundee University has appointed Liz Wilson , director of nursing for the primary care division of the National Health Service in Tayside, visiting professor of nursing. Exeter University has...
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Tories: it's sink or swim
Conservative policy will leave unpopular universities struggling to survive. Phil Baty reports Universities will be left to sink or swim under Conservative Party plans for a market where students...
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Brand it like Becks
The bulging pay packets of Premiership footballers and the wheeler-dealing of managers in the transfer market may seem a world away from university life. But this week academics and university...
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Access figures perplex Scots
Scottish pride was dented this week as it emerged that the nation's much-vaunted 50 per cent higher education participation rate has dropped. Experts are baffled by the Scottish Executive statistics...
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'Sign up for medics test'
A-level students were warned this week that they could fail to secure a place to study medicine or veterinary medicine if they do not register for a university admission test by September 30. The...
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Sainsbury's £1.2m offer
Lord Sainsbury, Minister for Science and Innovation, this week launched a £1.2 million scheme to encourage participation in technology-related issues at the British Association Festival of Science....
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Britons scoop cash
Two of the five 2004 Balzan prizes, worth €650,000 each (£440,000), have been awarded to Britons. Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn received the prize for prehistoric archaeology, and Michael Marmot won an...
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Reward mavericks
A St Andrews University economist will this weekend call for an overhaul of research funding to reward mavericks and "collaborative competition". Manfredi La Manna, reader in economics, argues that...
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Dyke gives cash to York
Former BBC boss Greg Dyke has donated some of his £456,000 pay-off from the corporation to set up a chair in film, theatre and TV studies at York University, his alma mater. The university said that...
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Pay plus gift vouchers scheme called 'insulting'
Nottingham University's plans for a controversial new pay structure for academic support staff came under renewed fire this week after industrial relations experts from other major universities...