Brussels, 10 Sep 2002 A new DNA test which can detect tuberculosis in a matter of hours could be a key tool for the EU in its attempts to combat communicable diseases, particularly AIDS, malaria and...
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 A research proposal that had originally been made for the Fifth Framework programme is being commercialised in Spain in a move that could prevent thousands of accidents a year....
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Internet penetration is now greater in Europe than in the USA, according to a new survey. While the USA has 183 million users, Europe has 186 million, according to the nua.com...
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 Two workshops for EU R&D (research and development) project proposers, administrators and managers will be held in Cambridge, UK, in October. On 25 October, the workshop...
Paris, 09 Sep 2002 Although there is some controversy surrounding the outcome of last week's summit on sustainable development there is one subject on which all delegates were unanimous: the...
Paris, 09 Sep 2002 A joint programme established by the United Nations and the European Space Agency (ESA) to teach advanced remote-sensing technologies is paying off for Earth observation...
Brussels, 09 Sep 2002 The North Rhine-Westphalia science centre is holding a conference on European science policy, and in particular the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) in Düsseldorf, Germany on 29...
Hodge: universities must compete or close Universities will have to compete for students or close under government plans to unleash a “free market” in degrees, Margaret Hodge, minister for higher...
Fears of elite split grow Elite universities will be warned at this week’s meeting of vice-chancellors not to go it alone with top-up fees and “pull up the ladder” behind them. Fears of a binary...
TUC conference calls for abolition of tuition fees Universities are in crisis, the TUC conference heard yesterday as it called on the government to abolish tuition fees, restore student...
Hodge strengthens pledge to increase graduate numbers University vice-chancellors will be told this week that there is no going back on the government’s pledge to give half the population a...
FE staff call on TUC to support November strike Lecturers were today calling on the Trades Union Congress to support their campaign for better pay for staff in further education colleges, which is...
News Vice-chancellors get to grips with the economy of British universities Features Alan Ayckbourn talks comedy with stand-up comic and lecturer Oliver Double; Stephen Court examines the role of...
Women who have just graduated are more likely to get jobs than men, according to the latest first-destinations figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency. Only 2 per cent of those graduating...
* A Scottish student lobbying group has called for a complete overhaul of regulations governing student flats. The Coalition of Higher Education Students in Scotland (Chess) says Scotland is...