Brussels, May 2002 China unveils its plan to launch manned space missions in 2005, culminating in a moon landing by 2010 and the eventual creation of a moon base station. Could Mars be next? Ouyang...
Brussels, May 2002 Leadership, confidence and mental toughness are among the main psychological qualities which keep athletes like Ian Thorpe, Tiger Woods and Venus Williams at the top of their...
Brussels, May 2002 A conference on 'Collective research - the SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) road to European RTD (research and technological development) - a challenge for federations and...
Brussels, May 2002 A European summer university on 'teaching by projects at European universities,' organised by Paris 7 University with the support of the French Ministry of education will take...
Most FE lecturers want to quit Two-thirds of further education lecturers are seriously considering leaving their job or taking early retirement because they feel overworked and undervalued, a...
Student fees need to rise, says Blair adviser Britain will never become a world leader in science unless the best universities are allowed to charge students higher fees, government science adviser...
Brain scan provides early Alzheimer’s warning Researchers from the universities of Florida and Kentucky have found that a key region of the brain – the hippocampus – begins changes early in life that...
Brussels, 23 May 2002 Research and innovation are key in fostering EU economic performance, so as to meet the March 2000 Lisbon European Council's objective of turning the EU into the most...
Brussels, 24 May 2002 The Hungarian science and technology foundation and coordinator of the Budapest regional Fifth Framework programme (FP5) liaison office is organising two events in Budapest: a...
Brussels, 24 May 2002 New Commission study on co-existence with GM crops 1- What does co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops mean? Co-existence means the principle of...
Paris, 24 May 2002 The European Space Agency will be joining forces with the European Commission in a major contribution to GNSS 2002, the sixth in a series of international conferences devoted to...
Santander, 24 May 2002 The European Bologna Declaration Follow-up Group, made up of representatives of the 32 countries taking part in the Bologna Process, student and university associations, the...
Anger as hijacker visits university Palestinian hijacker and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Leila Khaled, has been allowed into Britain to address a department at London...
Blair science adviser calls for differential fees Sir Richard Sykes, rector of Imperial College and government adviser on science, today called on prime minister Tony Blair to allow universities to...
The Export Control Bill, with amendments to protect the free exchange of academic communication, received its final reading in the House of Lords this week. But a Universities UK spokesperson said...