Brussels, 07 March 2002 Simplified liability and management procedures for Community research actions in the Sixth Framework programme (FP6) could be introduced by the European Commission in response...
Bruxelles, le 8 mars 2002 Le Conseil de l'Union européenne tiendra sa 2417e session (RECHERCHE) le lundi 11 mars 2002 (10h00) au Bâtiment Justus Lipsius à Bruxelles, sous la Présidence de Mme Ana...
Plea for Blair's help over education cash Education secretary Estelle Morris is expected to appeal to prime minister Tony Blair to help her secure extra cash from chancellor Gordon Brown for...
The most heated academic dispute over genetically modified organisms since Arpad Pusztai fed potatoes to his laboratory rats has prompted 100 prominent scientists from across the globe to petition...
Without modern governance, Cambridge risks losing its leading global position, argues Malcolm Grant Cambridge is one of the world's truly great universities. Yet keeping its position in the world is...
Memory is a dynamic and creative force that seeks not only past understanding but also future inspiration. We remember for ourselves - but also, and more important, we remember for the benefit of our...
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of "significant" job losses as the safety net protecting universities that fail to attract students was partially withdrawn.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...