Maria Petrou, professor of image analysis at Surrey University, is one of only two women to be elected fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering this week. In total, 42 academics have been elected...
Universities are in a prime position to develop relationships between disparate cultures, writes Hans van Ginkel Connectivity, change and convergence are generic features of the world in which we...
If all about you are losing their heads, keep your cool and remember, learning is all about being led astray. I work in a university so I don't usually think about education, but I did last week-end...
With a July Cabinet reshuffle looking likely, the Westminster rumour mill is working overtime. A hot contender for a move is Alan Johnson, the ex-postman-turned-Minister for Higher Education. House...
Chancellor Gordon Brown's ten-year investment plan for science was the subject of much champagne-fuelled speculation at the Royal Society's glitzy summer house party last week. Some were disappointed...
Mandy Telford, the ex-president of the National Union of Students, failed to get elected to Labour's National Executive Committee last week, coming second from bottom in the voting. Those close to...
In the 1960s, Tessa Blackstone discovered a taste for endless debate - and long red velvet kaftans. Former higher education minister Baroness Blackstone remembers the time she was invited to become a...
When students become customers and universities are transformed into businesses, few of the traditions associated with the ideals of academia remain untouched. The invisible hand of the market has a...
The Chancellor gave science some good news but no reason to pop the cork, says Peter Cotgreave For weeks in advance, the leaks and gossip all suggested that good news was coming in the Government's...
If the Government is serious about helping science, it must stand up for it in public, argues Derek Burke It's splendid that Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, is to raise funding for science over ten...
Luxembourg, 15 July 2004 C-419/03, Commission des Communautés européennes contre République française Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 15 July 2004 (link to English version when...
Geneva, 15 July 2004 European Communities - measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products. Communication from the Chairman of the Panel. Document WT/DS291/25 WT/DS292/19 WT/DS293/...
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 300/04 Suite of documents 300/04 [...] Council Register
Brussels, 15 Jul 2004 Full text of Document 299/04 Suite of documents 299/04 Council Register
Brussels, 15 July 2004 The Commission is proposing more than 22 billion euro in funding over seven years for the trans-European transport and energy networks, the Galileo programme and the Marco Polo...