Brussels, 19 April 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has outlined measures to reduce animal testing under the Sixth Framework programme for research (FP6) in response to a written question...
Brussels, 19 April 2002 The number of online users in Europe is expected to reach more than 200 million - 67 per cent of the population - by the end of 2006, according to a new report released by US...
Paris, 19 April 2002 The ILA 2002 international aerospace exhibition takes place between Monday 6 and Sunday 12 May at Berlin Schoenefeld Airport. As in the past ESA, DLR (the German Space Agency)...
TTA targets male trainees A drive to get more men teaching in primary schools was today launched by the Teacher Training Agency. It has set itself the target of boosting the number of male trainees...
Graduate debt hits £10,000 The class of 2002 will graduate with average debts of £10,000, according to research by Nat West. The first graduates to feel the full force of tuition fees will start...
The Athena Project has launched a guide to good practice on how universities can reduce the barriers to women's career progression. Contact: Athena@ecu.ac.uk
News Manchester united: Manchester University and Umist v-cs speak for the first time about plans to merge and create a super-university Features Avi Shlaim outlines a new way forward in the Middle...
Nottingham Trent University is to transfer management of its student accommodation to the private sector, the first time a United Kingdom university has made such a deal. In a deal worth a total of £...
Lecturers' union Natfhe has warned London vice-chancellors that they must consult unions over significant job cuts. University of Greenwich staff are being offered voluntary severance, particularly...
Liverpool John Moores University is one of several British higher education institutions that have secured grants from the latest €29.4 million (£18 million) budget for the European Union's Tempus...
The University of Lincoln and the United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust have created a joint fund to sponsor clinical, biomedical and biological research and to bring clinical and academic...
More than 400 academics across Europe have signed a petition that calls for a research and cultural boycott of Israel. The petition will be presented to British and European parliamentarians. It says...
The Roslin Institute will see its sponsorship from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council rise by 9 per cent on average over the next two years. The BBSRC's review of the...
Plymouth University launched a scheme this week to widen participation from Cornish schoolchildren coming from families where there is no tradition of university study. Participants will receive...
Scientists are planning to send a human test subject plummeting 38km from the edge of the stratosphere - the greatest freefall distance yet attempted. The team, led by experts from the Universitat...