Study renaissance for 17,000 Dutch 'silver-tops'
Holland has experienced huge growth in higher education courses for the country's growing population of over-50s, or "silver-tops". The first course for over-50s opened in 1986 at the University of...
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EU labs may pull in cash
A European Union scheme for tight Europe-wide controls on industrial chemicals will offer universities a new revenue stream, officials in Brussels predict. David Wilkinson, head of the scientific...
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Canberra wins top-up fight by skin of teeth
The Australian government has finally succeeded in getting some of its higher education reforms - including top-up fees - through both houses of parliament. After six months of debate and fierce...
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Fury at US student visa charges...
The US government is expected to begin charging a $100 (£57.00) fee to applicants for student visas for conducting more comprehensive reviews that are making it time-consuming and difficult to come...
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...But researchers from EU keep on coming
US universities and research jobs are attracting growing numbers of European Union researchers, according to a European Commission report on the continuing transatlantic "brain-drain". Highly...
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No room at the institute
Students at the University of Baghdad are sleeping on floors in classrooms because accommodation blocks have been taken over by the occupying forces and the city's homeless. The issue is causing...
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Spanish rectors oppose accreditation system
Spanish university rectors have criticised a new staff-appointments system that has led to a soaring number of successful appeals against decisions made by the body that considers part-time lecturers...
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Overlooked Nobel advertises his plight
A pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging who missed out on a share of the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine has stepped up his campaign to gain recognition, spending about £150,000 on adverts in...
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University chief lambasts Tories over fees Terence Kealey, the vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham, said the Conservative party's opposition to the government's op-up fee plan was "...
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Commission clears plans for disposal of radioactive waste at Triga research reactors at Heidelberg
Brussels, 11 December 2003 Commission opinion of 10 December 2003 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the decommissioning and complete dismantling of the research...
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Countering the fragmentation of European research
Brussels, 11 December 2003 Today in Brussels the Commission announced the first results of the new EU-funded €148 million ERA-NET scheme, aimed at networking national research programmes. In the...
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"I/A" Item Note: Council and Commission Decision on the Scientific and Technological Cooperation Agreement with the Swiss Confederation
Brussels, 11 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15879/03 Suite of documents 15879/03 No. Cion prop.: 15405/03 RECH 240 ATO 217 AELE 26 - COM(2003) 656 final Subject: Adoption of a Decision of the Council...
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Science in space pow-wow
Brussels, 11 Dec 2003 Nominated bigwigs from the world of astrophysics and space science met at an OECD-sponsored Astronomy Workshop to discuss the future of the field and how to improve...
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Experts examine the barriers to public acceptance of nanotechnologies
Brussels, 11 Dec 2003 A lack of definition, specific aims and containment were all pinpointed as reasons for public mistrust of nanotechnology by speakers at the EuroNanoForum in Trieste, Italy, on...
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World leaders outline their visions for the Information Society
Brussels, 11 Dec 2003 Policy makers and other stakeholders from around the globe gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, on 10 December for the opening session of the World Summit on the Information Society...