British universities and staff are understandably concerned at the potential opening of the home market to foreign competition - possibly at the British taxpayer's expense - implicit in the General...
Politicians who think students should pay more to go to university support the argument by pointing to graduates' enhanced earning power. Nobody disagrees that college education brings advantages. So...
Can IQ be linked to parenting? Harriet Swain asks Peter Hobson about some unsettling ideas in his latest book. Peter Hobson is feeling self-conscious. You can tell. He flaps his arms around more when...
As US universities depend ever more on corporate largesse to fill their coffers, Stephen Phillips looks at the impact on funding of the Enron scandal. Enron professor of economics Mark Wohar shuns...
Four scientists select a favourite equation and explain its appeal: • E=mc² Peter Galison, Harvard University In May 1905, while working as a Swiss patent officer, the 26-year-old Albert Einstein...
Although scientific equations are not easily accessible, like painting and poetry, they possess a unique aesthetic value, argues Graham Farmelo. Westminster Abbey is not the sort of place you would...
Paris, 20 February 2002 Thanks to ion propulsion, the Artemis mission is turning near-defeat into a success story. Nominal operations could start this summer, with ESA's satellite, manufactured by...
Education 'leads way on reform' Education is the trail-blazer in the government's drive to use the private sector to improve public services, Estelle Morris, education secretary, said yesterday....
Brussels, 20 February 2002 TELEX Nº T0814EN of 19.2.2002 (19.02) Full text MEETING: WORKING PARTY ON ATOMIC QUESTIONS DATE: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2002 TIME: 10.00 VENUE: Council Secretariat JUSTUS...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 International Conference "The Role of Precaution in Chemicals Policy" (Vienna ­ November 2001) ­ Intervention by the Austrian Delegation. Cover note from...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has announced a call for tenders for the promotion of participation by SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises), crafts enterprises...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Commission Staff Working Paper entitled: "Benchmarking National RTD Policies: First Results". Cover note from Mr Bernhard ZEPTER, Deputy Secretary-General of the European...
LSE claims Mittal broke scholarship deal pledge The London School of Economics has claimed that billionaire Lakshmi Mittal pulled the plug on a pledged £200,000 scholarship deal after his daughter...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Proposal for a Council Regulation on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture and amending Regulation (EC) No 1258...
Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission has announced a call for tenders for a study on the contribution of copyright and related rights to the European economy. For further information,...