Brussels, 13 Nov 2003 The European small hydropower association is organising an international conference and exhibition on small hydropower, HIDROENERGIA 2004, to take place from 17 to 19 June 2004...
Brussels, 13 Nov 2003 13 November 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin and European Space Agency (ESA) Director Jean-Jacques Dordain were on hand to unveil the highly anticipated White...
Leuven, Belgium, November 13, 2003 With the financial support of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Fortis Bank signed a EUR 46.8 million loan agreement with IMEC to finance the construction of a...
Leuven, 13 novembre 2003 Mesdames et Messieurs, C'est un grand plaisir pour un Commissaire européen de la Recherche de participer à cet événement sur les nouvelles installations de recherches d'IMEC...
The government is developing a scientific code of conduct to help prevent legitimate research being employed by terrorists. Leading academics have warned scientists that they must agree a system of...
An internationally renowned linguist has quit Austria for the UK amid a row tainted by allegations of political intolerance, anti-Semitism and misrepresentation. Ruth Wodak accepted a personal chair...
Just over £200 million could end the deadlock between government and universities over who pays for top-up fee bursaries for students from poor homes, vice-chancellors said this week. They argued...
Universities have rejected government suggestions that they delay the start of the academic year to accommodate a new student admissions system. Vice-chancellors are unhappy with government proposals...
Students at Oxford's last remaining women-only college this week passed a vote of no confidence in their principal, Lady Judith English. Junior Common Room vice-president Lucy Meakin said...
Government and universities are wrong to bank on private research being a significant source of income, the head of one of the world's leading technology-transfer offices said this week, writes...
The new head of Exeter College, Oxford, likes a wintry dawn dip in Highgate Ladies' Pond and has long been an advocate of legalising all drugs. A mixed blessing for the student body then. Frances...
* Diana Liverman, former director of the Centre for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona, has been appointed director of the Environmental Change Institute and professor of...
The issue of linking academic pay to the National Health Service was raised this week as part of a discussion on a shake-up of career structures for nursing academics. The Department of Health's...
Aston University researchers are seeking industrial partners to develop an anti-obesity drug that exploits a fat-burning process that affects cancer patients. Weight loss is triggered by a protein,...
The Royal Society is expected next week to call for a radical rethink of how research is funded, with serious implications for the dual-support system and the research assessment exercise. Royal...