Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 More than 700 researchers from the French public sector and universities have signed a petition calling for a public debate on biotechnology research programmes. This initiative...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 Researchers from five European countries, working together on a EUREKA project, have developed new techniques to support historic and decaying buildings. Decay is caused by age...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 'The research effort of IST [information society technologies] is an essential element of the EU's information society policy. It mobilises the industrial and research community...
Brussels, 03 Oct 2003 The European Commission has published an important announcement regarding the call for proposals for the priority 'global change and ecosystems', the deadline for which is 9...
Scientists take on publishers with free journal The Public Library of Science (PLoS), backed by top scientists including British Nobel prizewinners Paul Nurse and Sir John Sulston, is to...
Brussels, 02 Oct 2003 A PAXIS workshop entitled 'zooming in on European excellence' will take place in Turin, Italy, from 26 to 28 November. PAXIS (pilot action of excellence on innovative start-ups...
Brussels, 02 Oct 2003 An industrial technology trade fair, dedicated to the applications of micro-encapsulation sciences and technologies (S&T), will take place on 11 and 12 December in...
Brussels, 02 Oct 2003 INTAS, the international association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union, has launched its...
£40k debt puts studying law out of reach of poor Law students are amassing debts of up to £40,000 before they start work, cementing the profession’s reputation as the preserve of the rich, according...
The publication of research that claims psychiatric therapy can turn gay people heterosexual has sparked uproar in academe. Bitter recriminations, attacks on the journal carrying the work and...
Leading universities are making a multimillion-pound investment in academic posts to bolster their research strengths ahead of the next assessments in 2007. Four universities are in the market for...
The challenges to government this week included an unexpected broadside from the royal commission on long-term care of the elderly, which condemned the failure to introduce free personal care across...
* The Centre for Economic Performance has appointed: John Van Reenan , professor of economics at University College London, as its director; and Stephen Machin , professor of economics at the London...
The government is holding urgent talks with universities about student support, amid fears that its top-up fees policy could deter the poorest from higher education. Education secretary Charles...
A clampdown on student debt was advocated by financial consultants this week, while by contrast the higher education minister was urging leniency, writes Alison Goddard. Some £120 million...