Brussels, Nov 2003 An international conference offering the opportunity to exchange views on emerging and future trends and needs in advanced manufacturing will take place in Cernobbio, Italy, from...
Brussels, Nov 2003 As part of the European initiative for communicators of science (EICOS), a 'hands on laboratory' in biophysical chemistry is being organised for journalists in Göttingen, Germany,...
Brussels, Nov 2003 The European Commission has published a call for expressions of interest (EoI) in the priority area 'sustainable energy systems' as part of the mid-term revision of the work...
Brussels, Nov 2003 In the context of the mid-term revision of the EURATOM work programme, the European Commission has published a call for expressions of interest (EoI) that will help define the...
Paris, Nov 2003 The great white expanse of Antarctica experienced the eerie darkness of a total solar eclipse late Sunday night. A lucky few people had reached the scene by icebreaker to see it...
Paris, Nov 2003 Virtual floods modelled inside computers are an increasingly useful means for authorities to prepare for genuine river surges. With flooding classed as the world's most costly natural...
My MA was cross-disciplinary: English literature and fine arts at the Barber and Shakespeare institutes at Birmingham University. It was 1976 - a dim time, when a curry was the only cultural...
Jonathan Bate tells Helen Davies why there will always be room for another edition of Shakespeare. "Editing Shakespeare is rather like painting the Forth Bridge: once you've finished you have to...
Higher education minister Alan Johnson was last week promised a state funeral if he dropped dead while voting for foundation hospitals within the Palace of Westminster. On the day of the foundation...
Technicians at Warwick University may find themselves left off Germaine Greer's Christmas card list this year. Callers to her office are greeted by a terse voicemail message from the professor of...
Brown jackets, that sartorial staple of campuses the length and breadth of the British Isles, are the must-have fashion item for men this season, The Times announced last week. Its fashion writer...
Christmas trees on a university campus in the US will be sprayed with the scent produced by skunks to deter thieves. The University of Minnesota plans to spray between 400 and 500 pine trees with...
Thursday How do you get 120 students out of bed and on to a freezing-cold bus station at 6.30am? Promise them a fun-filled weekend in Holland. I call a register but they're all here and already in...
Universities are in trouble - financially, organisationally and strategically - with enormous growth in scale, big uncertainties about future revenues, too many claims on limited resources,...
Don't scupper the pay offer, says Unison's Christina McAnea. Support staff deserve recognition From official government publications to newspaper reports, universities are portrayed as run by hard-...