Timing is critical as launch windows approach
Paris, 05 Sep 2002 There will be greater tension than usual among engineers and scientists at Europe's spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, in January 2003, as they gather to see ESA's comet-chasing...
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New research identifies conditions that inhibit progression of HIV virus to AIDS
Brussels, 05 Sep 2002 New research from German researchers provides estimates on the likely success of drugs for treating AIDS which are currently in development and pinpoints the factors of HIV...
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Genomics Forum Competition
Deadline: 31/10/2002
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Scientific Programmes in the Physical & Engineering Sciences
Deadline: 31/10/2002
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Health Services Research project grants
Deadline: 21/10/2002
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Onians Fellowship
Deadline: 31/10/2002
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Italians launch research funds
The University of Padua and a local industrialists' organisation have set up a system of investment funds that is expected to raise €25 million (£16 million) to finance research. The scheme will also...
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Australia's campus revolution rolls on
Six months after the Australian government announced a review of higher education, followed by seven discussion papers setting out proposals for change, staff must now wait a further three months to...
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Freshers' week for radicals recycles the traditional antics
Politically active Montreal students managed to distract almost 200 freshers from the usually inebriating and unconcerned fresher activities for first-year students last week with an alternative...
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In the news: Simon Lee
Simon Lee has spent most of the past decade fighting to keep the word "university" in the title of his institution. Having recently won the battle to keep the name Liverpool Hope University College,...
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Don's diary: A global nomad
Tuesday Setting off for an expert meeting on backpacking, I find, despite my supposed expertise in the subject, that I am overloaded. Every time I travel, I swear I will travel lighter next time. The...
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The gravy train
The Diary is pleased to announce the results of the competition to name the train that Universities UK was due to charter to transport vice-chancellors to its conference next week. The winning entry...
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Obscure pursuits
More entries have arrived in the search for the most outstandingly obscure academic journal. Suggestions include the Journal of Memetics , which contains a paper titled "The six essentials? Minimal...
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The science of profit
An interesting extra event is scheduled to take place at next week's science festival in Leicester. The British Association is advertising a talk called "The price of progress? Cashing in on the...
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An essay on deceit
The Diary wonders how many essays former lecturer Elizabeth Hall had to write to raise the sum she paid to her former employer this week. Ms Hall, who runs a business selling essays to students, is...