German university spin-offs spiralling
Brussels, 13 Feb 2003 Germany is experiencing a huge growth in the number of research and knowledge intensive spin-offs created by academics. A recent study, commissioned by the German Ministry of...
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TUBE-ing with TESEO: Treaty officials assess how space could help
Paris, 13 Feb 2003 One international treaty official offered to a recent ESA workshop his motivation to participate in a pilot project to see how satellite imagery could monitor international...
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Aberdeen and Robert Gordon abandon merger Aberdeen and the Robert Gordon Universities have abandoned merger plans after more than six months of talks. A joint statement from the two principals says a...
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University boom begins to slow The growth in applications to university has tailed off sharply, according to figures released yesterday. The number of teenagers seeking places on degree courses this...
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Pay survey corrections
In The THES annual survey of vice-chancellors' pay last week (February 7), the earnings of Sir Adrian Webb, vice-chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, included the employer's pension...
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Partnerships key to selling UK expertise to world
The government is encouraging colleges to work with businesses in an effort to sell British expertise and training overseas. New partnerships are being forged between further education institutions...
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'Free' science park boosts Liverpool duo
Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores universities are to be provided with a science park by the regional development agency. The Liverpool Science Park will be a joint venture between the universities...
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Spin-off centre on to a winner
The University of Nottingham launched its technology transfer unit last week in response to rising commercial demands that will see the formation of 15 new businesses this year. Nottingham Technology...
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No cash, but we're not going to give up
Martin Ince reports on the new institutions battling to preserve their research. Before last month's white paper on higher education, researchers might have thought that stratification was something...
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V-cs claim UUK is struggling to represent all interests
Universities UK, the umbrella body for vice-chancellors, is struggling to represent the interests of all its members since publication of the higher education white paper, according to some academics...
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Space research boss quits
The head of France's National Centre for Space Research (CNES), Alain Bensoussan, has resigned after a report saying the country's space programme - the spearhead of Europe's space ambitions - faces...
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Students get £2.6m in aid after oil spill
The Spanish government has backed an aid package for Galician students affected by the Prestige oil spill in northwestern Spain. The initiative, which would provide cash for local universities to...
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Danish dropouts blame teachers
Four out of ten students who started at Copenhagen University in 2000 dropped out or changed course because of poor teaching, a survey carried out by the university has found. A similar percentage...
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'Black day' as Leipzig rector resigns in church protest
The rector of Germany's Leipzig University has stepped down in protest at the regional government's decision to rebuild a 13th-century church on campus. Volker Bigl, elected rector in 1997, carried...
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Italy to ditch European degree in overhaul
Italian education minister Letizia Moratti plans to abandon the recently introduced three-plus-two-year degree, based on the "European degree" structure to which much of Europe is committed under the...