Brussels, 12 August 2002 Academic institutions in the UK and Denmark are collaborating with Pakistani counterparts under the ASIA IT&C scheme to help create the Pakistan Virtual University (...
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Following recent media stories analysing the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth in 2019, a Spanish company has revealed that it is working with the European space...
Scottish exam pass rate drops by 2% An inquiry was under way today after it emerged that the number of youngsters passing exams in Scotland has fallen this year. Today's publication of the Higher...
Brussels, 09 August 2002 A Thematic network formed under the EU's Fifth Framework programme (FP5) is being used to identify medium and long term research needs and ultimately initiate the creation of...
Brussels, 09 August 2002 Maintaining wild places as natural environments brings higher financial gains than developing them, according to new research carried out by UK and US researchers. The...
Brussels, 09 August 2002 Information on national e-commerce legislation in the 15 EU Member States has been made available at a single location free of charge through a project supported by the...
Brussels, 09 August 2002 An international conference on alternatives to animal testing in biomedical research will take place in New Orleans, USA on 11 to 15 August. The event will focus on the '3Rs...
Brussels, 09 August 2002 The European Commission's Research DG is looking for a deputy Director-General. Candidates will need to demonstrate solid resource management experience. A background in...
Brown cloud threatens Asia and Europe A team of international climatologists led by Nobel laureate Professor Paul Grutzen has said they have identified the 'Asian brown cloud' -- a 10 million square...
Tonight is the night to wish upon a star A celestial light show is promised tonight - weather permitting - as the Earth ploughs through a thick cloud of comet dust. The Perseid meteor shower, which...
A detection service designed to tackle the growing use of internet cheat sites will be launched next month. Internet plagiarism, in which students cut and paste material from websites into...
Universities should recognise the work of inventors with a new type of degree, according to Britain's favourite inventor. Trevor Baylis, who developed the clockwork radio ten years ago, said the UK...
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council is abandoning the traditional watchdog approach to quality assurance for a new "quality enhancement" scheme to begin in 2003. Scotland's approach is...
Quality watchdogs are monitoring exam board Edexcel's functions as a higher education awarding body after it was found to be responsible for one of only six failing courses since 2000, writes Phil...
Staff at the Institute for Learning and Teaching are having to cope with a large rise in the number of applications from lecturers anxious to beat the deadline for the introduction of tougher...