Projects approved at COST meeting, 4-5 July 2002
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Full text of Document 255/1/02 17 September 2002 149th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in Brussels on 4/5 July 2002. Summary of conclusions ... 7....
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Draft proposal for memorandum between COST and ESF (link)
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Full text of Document 256/2/02 13 September 2002 Note: Draft proposal for a Memorandum between COST and the ESF Concerning the arrangement with the ESF examined at the...
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Philippe Busquin: An integrated European approach to cancer research, Conference "Towards greater coherence in cancer research" Brussels, European Parliament - 19 September 2002
Brussels, European Parliament - 19 September 2002 Mr Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to open this conference and I wish to thank the European Parliament, and in particular...
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Erkki Liikanen: "Challenges to combat neglected diseases", Round Table on lack of R&D for neglected diseases Brussels, 19 September 2002
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen, Neglected diseases are an issue of utmost importance. More than 14 million people are dying each year from infections and parasitic diseases in the...
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Update 13:15
Extra £32m earmarked for FE Further education lecturers and support staff will share an extra £32 million allocated for pay this year. The Department for Education and Skill said today that the cash...
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Today's news
University places promised to A-level fix pupils Education secretary Estelle Morris last night guaranteed that all students who lost university places as a result of alleged A-level grade fixing...
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'Study? I need a whirlpool bath!'
American students returning to their campuses for the start of the school year are finding remarkable new amenities from room service and juice bars to personal trainers and whirlpool bath....
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Why I think students need to be aware of the dangers of heavy drinking
On a recent trip back to my university over summer, I ran into an old friend who manages a local bar. He explained that with freshers' week coming up, he and the other owners of pubs and bars in and...
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Good aim, bad target
Forget that 50 per cent. Reform student support and you widen participation, says David Rendel Addressing Universities UK's annual conference last week, Margaret Hodge advocated a greater role for...
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It all adds up to a pretty Brum do
The closure of a top department is a wake-up call to academics, argue Rebecca Boden and Debbie Epstein In theory, things couldn't look brighter for higher education: a government commitment to...
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Next week
News The rise and rise of the university fat cats Features Jenny Uglow considers what the Lunar Society can tell us about intellectual clusters Frank Furedi asks if "new volunteerism" should be...
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Washington D.C.
Princeton University has topped the US News & World Report rankings for 2003, with Harvard and Yale universities tying in second place.
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Paris
The American University of Paris has appointed its first French president since it started 40 years ago. Gerardo della Paolera has joint Argentinian nationality and is a specialist in Latin American...
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Dream on, Hodge replies to v-cs' demand for cash
No cash, no expansion, was the threat from vice-chancellors this week after higher education minister Margaret Hodge said they were living in cloud-cuckoo land by calling for a £10 billion investment...
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Elite told to aid access by running catch-up
A foundation year run by elite universities to help students from non-traditional backgrounds to win places is being promoted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. But the institutions...