From today's UK papers
Jobs a-plenty in Milton Keynes Milton Keynes boasts the highest growth in employment in Britain over the past decade. A total of 36,100 jobs were created between 1991 and 2001, according to a study...
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Commission Adopts Reference Documents on Best Available Techniques [concerning IPPC]
Brussels, 10 January 2002 The European Commission has formally adopted the first reference documents on best available techniques for large industrial installations in accordance with Council...
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ESA's new camera will revolutionise the way astronomers observe the Universe
Paris, 10 January 2002 10 January 2002 Scientists at the European Space Agency have developed a new camera that is poised to revolutionise the way astronomers observe the Universe. Called S-Cam, the...
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Proposed Decision concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities and for the dissemination of research results for the implementation of the Community fr
Brussels, 10 January 2002 Amended proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities...
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Is the Lisbon Council vision becoming a reality?
Brussels, 10 January 2002 Following the release of the 2001 European competitiveness report and in preparation for the European Council scheduled for March, the European Commission has organised a...
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CORDIS offers new service on the future of European research
Brussels, 10 January 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is offering a new online service dedicated to science and technology foresight and the future...
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UK sets lower renewable energy target than recommended by Commission
Brussels, 10 January 2002 The UK's Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, has announced that 2002 will be 'the year of renewables' in his country, and that the government is investing around 420 million euro...
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Breakaway Cardiff fuels federal split
The future of the federal University of Wales was in doubt this week as the Welsh Assembly prepared to publish the conclusions of its higher education review. The university has issued a plea to...
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Next week
News : Consumer friendly: universities that do best by their students Features : Terry Eagleton considers the difference between Oxbridge and his new home, Manchester Plus : The new McCarthyism?...
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For the record
Skilled Afghans needed to rebuild homeland Afghan academics who have found refuge in the United Kingdom are being encouraged to return home to help with the reconstruction of their country. The...
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Tories to put costly plan on ice
The Conservative Party may ditch university endowments as its main higher education funding policy. Shadow higher education minister Alistair Burt told The THES that the policy, part of the party's...
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Natfhe: we will dispute paltry pay
Further education lecturers' union leaders have warned that a pay dispute and threatened strike action is "inevitable" this year, writes Tony Tysome. The warning came after figures from the...
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Scots complaints system places students in command
Universities Scotland is set to launch a pioneering independent student complaints system. A lawyer nominated by Scotland's faculty of advocates is expected to be appointed within the next two months...
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Vive la France, say UK seniors
Growing numbers of British pensioners are seeking new lives across southern Europe rather than in traditional destinations such as New Zealand and Canada. The first analysis of government data to...
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'Worst' QAA score for Bradford
Bradford College has received the "worst ever" result for a subject review. Higher education courses in its department of teacher education were given two grade 1s by Quality Assurance Agency...