Brussels, 26 Mar 2004 Luxembourg and Greece have become the last two EU Member States to join the European Space Agency (ESA). During a meeting on 24 and 25 March, the ESA Council approved the...
Paris, 26 Mar 2004 For the first time, the 'videometer' (VDM), a new technology device to ensure very precise automatic rendezvous operations between the 20.7 tonne Jules Verne Automated Transfer...
The future of the Royal Institution Christmas lectures hung in the balance this week as Channel 4 suggested this year's would probably be the last it screens and the BBC confirmed that it did not...
British students face the prospect of increasingly tough competition for degree places in English elite academic institutions as universities look to boost private funds by enrolling more...
Having served three presidents and a series of universities, Robert Reich would be perfectly placed to advise ministers on whether to follow the US model of higher education. But he was sharing his...
Tim Gardam has been appointed principal of St Anne's College, Oxford - the first man to hold the post. He will succeed Ruth Deech on September 1, after she leaves to become the first independent...
Union bosses have been forced to retract the statement that they won a 12.2% wage hike. Phil Baty reports Claims by the Association of University Teachers that its industrial action has achieved an...
Welsh university heads have said they can see "no viable alternative" to introducing top-up fees. The first collective statement from Welsh vice-chancellors on the question of whether they support...
Will the bill fall at the second hurdle? Can Labour's left and the Tories see off variable fees? Up-to-the-minute coverage Also Big issue : Obesity on campus - are we doing enough to combat it?...
Oxford University is planning to set entrance tests for history and English amid concerns that too many students are gaining top grades at A level. The university said this week that an aptitude test...
Lecturers' union leaders have welcomed an announcement from John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, that further education lecturers will be included in a two-year, £700 million scheme to provide...
Two Bangor University scientists are joining an expedition to lock a ship into drifting pack ice in the frozen seas of Antarctica for several months. They will take samples from the ice floe as they...
Plans to create a national federal university of the arts have been shelved by the UK Arts and Design Institutions' Association. Vaughan Grylls, Ukadia chairman and director of the Kent Institute of...
A centre of excellence for horticultural research has been created at Warwick University, with backing from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Simon Bright, former head of...
Stirling University will next week launch an international observatory on learning regions, which aims to encourage government-led partnerships to improve the quality of people's lives. Stirling...