A tale of suspect spies and secret stairways
The Institute of Education has had a lively 100 years. Huw Richards spoke to its biographer about some memorable moments and the struggle to establish a discipline's credibility. Sir John Adams is...
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City fathers win medal for style but last place in social events
The 1992 Olympics brought cash and kudos to Barcelona, but not everyone enjoyed the bonanza, reports Beatriz Garcia. The year 2002 will be remembered for many things in Britain - not least of which...
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Golden goals versus local loyalty
In its quest to build a lucrative global brand, has Man United lost touch with its true home fans? Adam Brown reports. It was the small hours of February 25 2001. A conga line of about 300 Manchester...
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Cutting edge: Material opposites come in from cold
Michael Charlton describes the first controlled production of antimatter, a missing 'half' of the stuff of creation. In 1931, motivated by little more than an extraordinary faith in the mathematical...
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Dark horizons of knowledge
Supernovae sent Robert P. Kirshner a startling message he did not want to hear - that the universe was expanding rapidly. So maybe Einstein's 'bad idea' was correct after all. It was a warm winter...
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Why he must go
When should a professor resign? When should a university choose to dismiss an academic? What constitutes bringing a university into disrepute? The very fact that such...
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Fair treatment for candidate countries under 6th Framework Programme
Brussels, 09 Oct 2002 The Commission must ensure that researchers in the applicant countries receive fair treatment compared to their counterparts in the current Member States when it implements the...
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Exposure of Workers to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (Extract from Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council - Provisional Version)
Brussels, 09 Oct 2002 The Council took note of the information given by the Presidency on the outcome of a technical seminar that it organised in Luxembourg on 20 September. The aim of this seminar...
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Presidency's revised text of proposed Directive on the control of high activity sealed radioactive sources
Brussels, 09 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 12511/02 No. Cion prop.: 7396/02 ATO 41 Subject: Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of high activity sealed radioactive sources Delegations...
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Update: 12:35
QCA exam task force announced Ken Boston, chief of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, today announced the creation of an "examinations task force". It will be made up of the chief...
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Today's news
Dearing call to restore grants for poorest Lord Dearing, the academic whose report on higher education led to the introduction of tuition fees, has urged the government to allow grants of £2,500 a...
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Danish report calls for ethical considerations to become integral part of EU biotech regulation
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 Ethical discussions are just as important when considering genetically modified organisms as when deliberating on stem cell research, according to a new report, published as...
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European IST Prize - 20 winners announced
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 The 20 winners of the most competitive European Information Society Technology (IST) prize in the contest's history have been announced. Each of the winning teams will now look...
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Amended proposed Decision concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 Amended proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the production and development of Community statistics on science and technology Full...
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CREST Report: Implementation of the Science and Society Action Plan
Brussels, 08 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 1206/02 [...] THE VIEWS OF CREST General The theme of "science and society" with its large spectrum of important and basic questions has more and more come...