Commission-backed project's sweet taste of success
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 'A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down', or so we learned from Mary Poppins. But a new EU-backed network of micro-encapsulators has other ideas. The European...
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Outcome of the Working Party on Atomic Questions on the Nuclear Package, "Safety Standards", 24 September 2003 (link)
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 13242/03 Suite of documents 13242/03 Subject: - Nuclear package, "safety standards" - Nuclear safety in Hungary - International agreements and negotiations...
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FP6 poster session: Poznan, Poland
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 A Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects poster session will take place from 21 to23 April 2004, in Poznan, Poland. The session, which will be held during an international...
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Professor Wolfgang Ketterle to give STOA annual lecture
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 The European Parliament's scientific and technological options assessment (STOA) annual lecture will take place in Brussels on 4 November. Wolfgang Ketterle, a physicist and...
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Bias still rife, say female scientists
A strong sense of injustice exists in the UK's science departments, Anna Fazackerley reports Women scientists in universities feel disadvantaged in terms of salary, promotional prospects and career...
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Diploma must reveal abilities
Reforms to school-leaving qualifications must not hinder universities' ability to identify the best candidates, vice-chancellors have warned, writes Alison Goddard. In its response to the...
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Whistleblowers: Alumni call for visitor to allay finance fears
Oxford University alumni are demanding assurances over the financial viability and governance of Harris Manchester College after a special investigation by The THES . As The THES went to press, 30...
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Dino buoys glided gracefully
They may have shaken the dinosaur world with every footfall, but research suggests that sauropods could have glided like punts across shallow water. Plant eaters such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus and...
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Society set up to counter threats
British philosophers have regrouped in a new association designed to protect and enhance the discipline's academic reputation against threats including cuts to research funding. The British...
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Scots urge radical rethink of tertiary sector
Scotland could devise radical new definitions of further and higher education, making it easier for universities and colleges to forge innovative links. The Scottish Executive is urging a rethink of...
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AoClends support to FE top-up charges
Britain's further education colleges should charge their wealthiest higher education students £3,000 across-the-board top-up fees, college bosses said this week. The Association of Colleges said that...
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Unified budget is best
Greater central control of budgeting is the secret to boosting a university's teaching and research ratings, as well as dealing with any financial deficits, according to Leicester University's vice-...
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E-learning university targets student market in Singapore
More than 1,500 Singaporean students are expected to enrol with Scotland's Interactive University, generating an anticipated £6 million over the next three years, writes Olga Wojtas. The news was...
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America slow to take international outlook
American university students remain largely cloistered from international affairs in spite of wars and worldwide terrorism, according to a study. The report, from the American Council on Education,...
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'We must meet the US challenge'
French education minister Luc Ferry has told universities to attract more foreign students, and to use their increased powers to strengthen their public-service ethos. He said they had to resist...