Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 Results from a newly published University Companies Association (UNICO) survey show that academic institutions in the UK are creating more company spinouts than ever before....
Brussels, 23 Oct 2002 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for studies in the context of the eLearning initiative. On 28 March 2001 the European Commission adopted the action plan...
Academe in limbo as Morris bows out The shock departure from the Cabinet of Estelle Morris barely a month ahead of the planned publication of her plans for higher education brought expressions of...
Blow for Blair as Estelle Morris quits Estelle Morris, the education secretary, sensationally resigned last night arguing that she was incapable of providing the right strategic management to run a...
The shock departure from the cabinet of Estelle Morris barely a month ahead of the planned publication of her plans for higher education brought expressions of regret from senior academics and union...
Estelle Morris was never as comfortable in universities as on her natural ground in schools, but it was a series of mistakes in primary and secondary education that caused her downfall. Although Mike...
Paris, 22 Oct 2002 An international conference on Space Applications for Heritage Conservation will open in Strasbourg, France on 5 November. The aim: to bring together experts on space and those...
Paris, 22 Oct 2002 A new giant was born recently in the coastal waters of Antarctica. A series of images captured from May through the beginning of this month by ESA's Envisat satellite shows the...
Paris, 22 Oct 2002 It is exactly one year today since the launch of ESA's first small autonomous spacecraft, Proba; a year in which Proba, and the instruments on board, have successfully carried out...
Brussels, 22 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 266/02 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action 724 "Developing the...
Brussels, 22 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 12498/02 No. prev. doc.: 12133/02 No. Cion prop.: 11576/01 Subject: Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically...
Foreign researchers in biology face vetting Foreign scientists and research students may have to undergo rigorous vetting if they want to work on dangerous biological agents in British universities,...
QCA appoints Greener as interim chairman City grandee Sir Anthony Greener, deputy chairman of BT and former chairman of drinks giant Diageo, is to be chairman of the Qualifications and...
Bigger is beautiful Tomorrow, the ruling councils of Manchester University and Umist will be asked to dissolve more than 150 years of history and form the largest UK university outside London. It is...
Copenhagen, 21 October 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen: Biotechnology will be the next wave of technological revolution. Like every powerful new technology, some of its applications raise genuine concerns...