Paris, 28 Nov 2003 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change delegations from across the world meet in Milan next week to address the problem of global warming - and ESA will be there to...
Brussels, 28 Nov 2003 Statutes marking the foundation of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) were signed in Vienna, Austria, on 26 November. The treaty was signed on behalf of the European...
Brussels, 28th November 2003 Takeover bids (JT) A compromise text presented by the Italian Presidency, not supported by the European Commission, was approved unanimously by the Council. Under this...
Brussels, November 2003 Introduction Today's meeting of the Competitiveness Council is a good demonstration of the central role that this Council will play in the future. This Council formation is...
Brussels, 28 Nov 2003 The Council took note of the written information given by the Presidency on the outcome of the European Convention on Life Sciences and Biotechnology held in Rome on 21 November...
In spite of intense government arm-twisting, Labour's tuition-fee refuseniks show little sign of backing down. But will they hang together as ministers press ahead? The government faces an uphill...
A gulf between scientists and government is forcing ill-informed policy-makers to rely on media scare stories and pressure groups, the Royal Institution has heard. Evan Harris, a new member of the...
Scientists stood sipping champagne and politely tried not to stare at the pregnant man circulating among them at last week's launch of the UK's latest attempt to communicate science to the public,...
Speculation grew this week about whether a new monkey research centre would ever be built in Cambridge, despite a landmark decision by the government to allow the project to go ahead, writes Anna...
Some 150 scientists volunteered to take part in an anarchic television show that aims to inject student humour into the laboratory with experiments involving breasts, custard and explosives. Despite...
Leading academics this week pledged to keep fighting for a fundamental rethink of university research funding, despite an attempt by the government to draw a line under the debate, writes Anna...
The government and the higher education sector could save tens of millions in administration costs by scrapping the dual-support system that funds university research, according to a report. An...
One of the most influential trends in university teaching has been rubbished as "intellectually bankrupt" and damaging to students in a study for the Learning and Skills Development Agency. The...
The average fifth-year medical student is more than £17,000 in debt, according to the British Medical Association's annual survey of student finance. This is only slightly less than the basic annual...
Universities could face a "flood" of claims under legislation that outlaws discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or religious belief because they are not prepared. Kate Heasman,...