Nowadays, serving as a dean in a US public university is rapidly becoming less about working within a community of scholars and more of a constant attempt to attract additional fiscal support. Sounds...
Bruce Begout - Philosophy lecturer University of Picardie Amiens, France Is the government of French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin leading a war against culture or intelligence in France, as...
Worried about cuts in your grant allocations? It may be no bad thing, says David Wallace It all used to seem so simple. The university got a block grant for teaching and research, and distributed it...
The HE bill must strengthen non-traditional routes into higher education, says Geoff Layer Whatever finally happens with the government's higher education bill, it is in danger of missing an...
The number of staff earning between £70,000 and £99,999 at Anglia Polytechnic University (Vice-chancellor and top academic pay 2002-03 table, February 20) was four, not 36.
Call for full retraction of study linking MMR to autism MPs are to demand that the editor of The Lancet explain why he issued only a "partial" retraction of the paper that implied a link between MMR...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 5870/04 Suite of documents 5870/04 No. Cion prop.: 13692/03 Subject: Adoption of a Council Decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European...
Geneva, 04 Mar 2004 OVERVIEW Genetic resources can provide an important input for research and the development of new products, in an increasingly broad range of technological and industrial sectors...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A conference on radioactive waste management, organised by the European Commission, will take place in Luxembourg from 29 March until 1 April. While nuclear energy currently...
Brussels, 4 March 2004 Commission Decision of 3 March 2004 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment (OJ L66/45 4.3.2004). Full text Official...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 The European Commission adopted a decision on the creation of three new non-food scientific committees on 3 March. The bodies will complement the existing Community advice...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A new report has been published by the UK think tank Demos, which argues that the EU and the US have fundamentally different approaches to space, but that Europe should stick to...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A consortium of 20 European natural history institutions, including museums and botanical gardens, has been awarded 13 million euro over five years under the Research...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 After 18 months debate, the Council of Ministers has adopted a directive on common standards for the medical use of human cells and tissues, leaving ethical matters up to...
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 Cranfield University is organising a launch event for REWARDS (Region Wide Access to R&D Support), to be held on 23 March at the Newmarket Racecourses in the UK. The...