From today's UK papers
Financial Times Blood from a newborn's umbilical cord can rebuild the blood supply of adults with leukaemia and other fatal blood diseases, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University...
Search
-
-
Latest international news
Talks herald end of dispute Talks between the Nigerian government and leaders of the academic staff union may lead to the end of a nine-week closure of universities.&...
-
Latest UK news
Ucas defends embattled AS levels The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service has come out in support of the embattled AS-level exams. It said the results were helpful to higher...
-
From today's UK papers
The Guardian Alison Benjamin looks at a battle over the best way to spread the word, as modernisers seek to close run-down public libraries and replace them with high-tech centres. ( society section...
-
Latest UK news
New minister appointed for higher education Tony Blair has appointed Margaret Hodge minister of state for lifelong learning and higher education in his cabinet reshuffle. Ms Hodge, former junior...
-
Latest international news
Businesswoman appointed Italian universities minister Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has appointed Letizia Moratti, head of a Milan brokerage firm, to be universities minister. From 1994 to 1996,...
-
From today's UK papers
Financial Times Alistair Darling, secretary of state for work, has announced a £1.5m scheme to train lone parents for careers in the financial services industry. The pharmaceutical company Pfizer has...
-
Election 2001
12 June 2001 : Margaret Hodge gets higher education. Lord Sainsbury keeps science 11 June 2001 : Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes; Patricia Hewitt lands trade and industry 8 June...
-
Latest international news
Kenyan MP has degree withdrawn Makerere University has cancelled a degree awarded to a Kenyan member of parliament in 1990 after it was discovered that she had used forged papers to gain...
-
From today's UK papers
Financial Times US President George W. Bush is to use his first trip to Europe to offer millions of dollars in new research spending as an alternative to the Kyoto accord on climate change, which he...
-
Latest UK news
Estelle Morris steps into Blunkett's shoes Estelle Morris has been confirmed as secretary of state for education and skills. She replaces David Blunkett, who moves to home secretary. Ms Morris,...
-
Big science questions
New series in The THES asks the big questions What is life about? How did the universe start? What is time? These are some of the questions that have plagued humanity since time began. Beginning on...
-
Kiss glasnost goodbye, top scientists told
Russia's leading scientists have been ordered to report all foreign contacts involving cutting-edge science and technology to their superiors. Financier George Soros, who is in Moscow in connection...
-
For the record
Parties fail devolution quiz The United Kingdom's main political parties have only a sketchy understanding of what devolution means in policy terms, according to a new paper from University College...
-
EC completes blueprint for research framework
The European Commission has completed its proposals for a European Research Area, creating the first picture of the £12 billion Framework. Three research and development programmes will concentrate...