Brussels, 23 May 2002 Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action D30 "High Pressure Tuning of Chemical and Biochemical...
Brussels, 23 May 2002 Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action A21 "Restorative Justice Developments en Europe."...
Brussels, 23 May 2002 The latest meeting of the Internal Market Council on 21 May brought no breakthrough in attempts to finalise the details of a Community patent. While business leaders and...
PM makes stem-cell research vow Prime minister Tony Blair last night vowed to make Britain the world leader in experiments on cloned human embryos. In a speech to the Royal Societ, where he called...
Government to drop scrutiny of GM crops The Environment Department is planning to curb scientific scrutiny of GM crop approvals because of pressure from the bio-tech industry, Labour's Alan Simpson...
New Zealand universities face a compulsory levy on their revenue from international students. The levy, which is likely to be introduced next year despite opposition, will see institutions pay 0.5...
A controversial Canadian university president best known for requiring undated letters of resignations from senior staff has resigned after a job-cutting budget was overturned. Jacquelyn Thayer Scott...
A women's university has been opened in Kenya, bringing to two the number of such institutions in East and Central Africa. Kiriri Women's University of Science and Technology has opened north of...
Women are becoming more numerous in Ugandan higher education but remain underrepresented in traditional courses, particularly in science. At Makerere University's recent graduation ceremony, 44 per...
Thirty-four higher education organisations in America have called for more emphasis on teaching foreign languages, politics and culture in universities. The groups, which issued a 28-page plan for...
Italy's civil service ministry is to compete with the private sector and the judiciary to recruit the best-qualified graduates from the country's universities. Franco Frattini, the civil service...
Some higher education institutions in Azerbaijan have banned female students from wearing headscarves on campus. The institutions, which include Baku State University and the Medical University,...
Danish research should be made more independent of the government, a report says. Institutes carrying out ministry-funded research should also contribute more to higher education and training, it...
Theseus International Management Institute, a French business school specialising in technology, is expanding into executive education, international collaboration and research in leading high-tech...
The newly published register of Lords' interests has revealed how much Universities UK head Baroness Warwick earns - £138,000. The Labour peer gets £97,000 a year as chief executive of the vice-...