Brussels, 07 March 2002 The fourth inter-parliamentary meeting on renewable energy resources in the EU will take place in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, from 19 to 21 April. The European Commission,...
Brussels, 07 March 2002 An agreement supporting research into new technologies for food distribution has been signed by the Spanish Minister for agriculture, fisheries and food and current president...
Jobs axe raised as funding cuts bite Universities UK today warned of "significant" job losses as the safety net protecting universities that fail to attract students was partially withdrawn. Roderick...
Funding bodies should encourage doctoral students to pursue flexible cutting-edge study, not tie them down with red tape, argue Diana Leonard and Kelly Coate Living on a meagre research council...
Universities will be left to sink or swim after funding chiefs decided not to bail out institutions that recruit too few students for longer than a year. The funding council was rumoured to be...
Lecturers protest at further redundancies Lecturers at Middlesex University lobbied its board of governors this week in protest at restructuring and redundancy. Members of lecturers' union Natfhe are...
Universities UK's submission to the government's student-support review failed to reflect the views of many of its vice-chancellor members, it was claimed this week, writes Alan Thomson. A number of...
Higher education may be starved of cash for expansion, research and pay if the education department fails to spend its allocated budget. Treasury officials are keeping a close eye on the Department...
Research universities, medical schools and Oxford head the list of casualties in today's funding allocations. Alison Goddard reveals the RAE victims. Medical schools, research universities and even...
Researchers are urging the Scottish Executive to repeat a unique voter education campaign to combat political apathy. But Martin Cloonan of Glasgow University's department of adult and continuing...
Universities criticised for double-charging Universities have been cashing in on a fast-track graduate teacher-training initiative by double-charging for training and thereby "penalising" schools and...
Spring 2000 I arrive in Edinburgh looking for research collaboration and keen to set up activities linking engineering, materials and sport. Dave Saunders, a physiologist who works with elite...
One in ten academics has faced pressure to alter, suppress or delay findings, according to a survey by lecturers' union Natfhe. And almost a quarter of respondents said their academic freedom had...
College and school heads have cast doubt on the government's proposals for 14-19 education and training reform and their likely impact on widening participation, writes Tony Tysome. Ministers were...
Lecturers are set to reject prime minister Tony Blair's 50 per cent participation target, sending a signal that they will not tolerate further increases in student numbers without major investment in...