Next ISS flight named DELTA
Paris, 06 Nov 2003 The Dutch Ministers of Economical Affairs and of Education, Culture and Science have announced the mission name of the next Soyuz flight to the International Space Station, which...
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Are you ready for Mars?
Paris, 06 Nov 2003 Main media events surrounding the arrival of ESA's Mars Express at Mars ESA's Mars Express probe is scheduled to arrive at Mars at Christmas: the Beagle 2 lander is expected to...
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The affordable Cosmic Vision
Paris, 06 Nov 2003 Today, at its 105th meeting, ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) has made important decisions concerning the Cosmic Vision programme. Due to the current financial exigencies...
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Report on the proposed Council decision amending decision 2002/834/EC on the specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Integrating and strengthening the European r
Brussels, 06 Nov 2003 FINAL A5-0369/2003 4 November 2003 Type of Procedure: Consultation procedure REPORT on the proposal for a Council decision amending decision 2002/834/EC on the specific...
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Baz puts the fizz in physics
The public may be clinging to the image of the geeky physics boffin, as a survey out this week suggests, but Basil Singer, a quantum physicist and devotee of extreme sports, is one of a new breed...
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Bursaries rock top-up talks
Universities are threatening to withdraw their support for the forthcoming top-up fees bill as government attempts to broker a deal for poor students reach deadlock. With less than three weeks to go...
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In the news: Madeleine Atkins
If Coventry University considers itself an enterprising institution now, it can expect to be shouting louder about it when its new vice-chancellor, Madeleine Atkins, takes up her post next September...
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Appointments
John Glascock , former Oliver T. Carr professor at George Washington University, has been appointed Grosvenor professor of real estate finance in the department of land economy at the University of...
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AUT demands stall pay deal
An impasse over the status of academic-related staff could lead to a strike and scupper the agreement on pay. Phil Baty reports The Association of University Teachers could call all of its 47,000...
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Welsh refuse to rule out top-ups
The Labour-controlled Welsh Assembly may abandon its opposition to top-up fees even if it gets devolved powers over student funding as expected. The admission came after the Liberal Democrats...
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Media chiefs alarmed by cuts
Leading lights of the UK's film, broadcasting and publishing industries warn in The THES today that funding council plans to cut teaching support for media studies courses will damage one of the...
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Biochemists to benefit
Oxford University this week announced how it will spend its £60 million share of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's £845 million Science Research Investment Fund. Thirty projects will...
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Iraq war 'like a movie'
Television reporters travelling with military units in the Iraq war were unable to show the grim side of the conflict, leaving viewers feeling like they were watching a movie rather than the...
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£1m for skill transfer
The government has announced £1 million of grants to address the shortage of skilled knowledge and technology transfer personnel. Praxis, the training organisation set up by the Cambridge MIT...
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Visa fee 'a deterrent'
The introduction of visa renewal fees of up to £250 for overseas students by the Home Office "contradicts the government's efforts to attract more bright young people from other continents to study...