In our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world, Harriet Swain looks over the agenda of a symposium on the use and display of human remains in museums. Dead bodies can be...
Our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world. EWC4UK : fourth European Mars society conference, Open University, Milton Keynes, 8-10. Communicate : an international conference...
Our new monthly guide to conferences taking place around the world. Conference: National caving conference and exhibition, "Hidden Earth 2004", Kendal, Cumbria October 1-3 What's it about : Hundreds...
Table: Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups Table: Research income generated per academic costs Projected learning outcomes Dropout rates among full-time students...
Table: Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02 Table: Research income generated per academic costs Working class heroes Universities with highest participation rates form the lower social...
Table: Dropout rates among full-time students 2001/02 Table: Highest/lowest participation rates form lower social class groups Bang for buck How much research income universities generate per...
Top universities 'blackmailed' to take state pupils Private schools accused the Government of "blackmail" yesterday after top universities were set tough targets for the admission of students from...
London, 29 September 2004 The electromagnetic spectrum, from radio frequencies through optical to x-ray, encompasses much adventurous scientific research and is the basis for a wide range of vitally...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 "Environmental protection is precisely the area where non-action can be very costly", said Commissioner-designate for the Environment Stavros DIMAS at his hearing by the...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 Participants in the international 'Group on Earth Observations' (GEO) met in Brussels on and 28 September to further negotiations on a ten year implementation plan for a global...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 If any members of the Deans' European Academic Network (DEAN) questioned the significance of the theme for their annual conference in Porto, Portugal, on and 28 September (...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 The Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (ICSTI) has launched, a national consultation process on the Seventh EU Framework Programme for research (FP7). At the...
Brussels, 29 Sep 2004 A workshop on understanding the principles of electronic collaboration tools to facilitate the implementation of Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects will take place in...
Dolly scientist bids to clone human embryos The British scientist who created Dolly the sheep has submitted an application to clone human embryos in the hope of finding a cure for motor neurone...
Dolly creator applies to clone human embryos Ian Wilmut, the Roslin Institute scientist who created Dolly the sheep, applied yesterday for a licence to clone human embryos to try to find a cure for...