Brussels, 04 Sep 2003 EU funded collaboration between scientists in six European countries has led to the development of more accurate methods for predicting the impact of catastrophic avalanches....
Brussels, 04 Sep 2003 The UK Government's department for trade and industry, together with the UK national contact point for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), Beta Technology, is to hold two...
Brussels, 04 Sep 2003 The EUROSAFE Forum 2003 will take place in Paris, France, on 25 and 26 November, and will this year address nuclear challenges in the context of enlargement. The event will...
Washington, 04 Sep 2003 BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ECOLOGY By Calestous Juma, Professor and Director of the Science, Technology and Globalization Project at the Kennedy School of...
Sixteen learned societies made a joint appeal to the government this week to reverse its plans for greater research selectivity. The initiative, in a letter to higher education minister Alan Johnson...
The Department for Education and Skills has called in the Trading Standards Service to investigate a private medical college after The THES discovered that it had made incorrect claims to have been "...
Academics' conferences do not normally take ministers to their hearts unless they are promising money. But, as his title suggests, Professor Kader Asmal is no ordinary politician. South Africa's...
• David Allen, registrar and secretary at the University of Birmingham, is the chair-elect of the Association of Heads of University Administration and will succeed Eddie Newcomb, registrar and...
Vice-chancellors' uneasy support for variable fees could shatter at their annual conference at Warwick University next week, undermining education secretary Charles Clarke's latest campaign to win...
Top-up fees are likely to come under attack at the Trades Union Congress in Brighton next week, writes Phil Baty. A motion from the Association of University Teachers, expected to be debated at the...
Soya beans may be good for you, but that doesn't mean they're good. Biologists at the universities of Edinburgh and California have found that the beans display a ruthless streak, punishing...
Careers staff must be tougher in enlisting employers' help to improve students' job prospects, according to Andrew Cubie, convener of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework. Dr Cubie,...
Mind of a minister New higher education minister Alan Johnson launches an autumn offensive to win over critics of the government's plans Also News British Association in Salford Kevin Fong academic,...
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. It is hard to believe Alfred Morris when he claims he is not deliberately trying to "stick two fingers up to the...
Concentrating funding on the elite has roused despair and defiance. The THES reports. University education departments have reached crisis point following the withdrawal of research funding for the...