Brussels, 14 May 2004 A recently published report claims that the European biotechnology industry is in a vulnerable position compared to the US, and singles out the UK as a potential market leader....
Brussels, 14 May 2004 The European Commission has published a document detailing 32 new ERA-NET projects. The ERA (European Research Area) -NET scheme supports the coordination of national research...
Brussels, 14 May 2004 An international research project is to study the effects of taking part in one of the world's most extreme endurance races - the 135 mile (217 kilometre) Badwater Ultramarathon...
Brussels, 14 May 2004 An international conference on nanostructured materials will take place in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 20 to 24 June The aim of the conference is to provide a meeting place for...
Brussels, 14 May 2004 The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is organising a conference on 'Chemistry for Water: Towards water for all mankind in the 21st century', to take...
Brussels, 14 May 2004 The European Commission has extended the deadline for the submission of conference and exhibition ideas for the IST 2004 event. The deadline has been extended from 17 May until...
Paris, 14 May 2004 The fourth episode of the special TV magazine dedicated to Space, produced by EuroNews in collaboration with ESA, starts today 14 May featuring Europe's spaceport in Kourou, French...
Brussels, 14 May 2004 (Fabio FABBI, Thorsten MUENCH, Peter SANDLER, Tilman LÜDER and Jonathan TODD) Competitiveness and Innovation and Better Regulation (PS and FF) The Council will debate together...
The boom in biosciences is being jeopardised by the dwindling supply of academics in the physical sciences, biologists told The Times Higher this week. During a dinner hosted this month by the...
Derby University law lecturer Kevin Bampton will be watching with special interest as Malawi citizens go to the polls next week on the tenth anniversary of democratic rule in their country. A decade...
Scientist Colin Blakemore, one of the most outspoken defenders of animal research, has accused a leading anti-vivisectionist of misleadingly claiming to be his student to add authenticity to a...
Top actors such as Pierce Brosnan and leading designers such as Stella McCartney are among the famous alumni who will be asked to lend support to the UK's first University of the Arts. The university...
British universities could generate an extra £600 million a year from fundraising but face an uphill struggle prising donations out of tight-fisted former students, a government task force concludes...
As the dishes are being cleared from the evening meal in the campus dining hall, students at Bates College file upstairs and take their places in long rows of seats. It is 7pm and the students are...
Salford University's "community banks" have loaned nearly £3 million to people from deprived backgrounds who would otherwise have fallen prey to loan sharks. The initiative is one of 55 projects...