The political environment for research In Europe, we want to become a more competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy. To achieve this, we need to focus on European-wide investment in research...
A new submarine trans-Pacific cable network, capable of carrying 40 gigabits a second, will soon give ߣߣÊÓƵn academics faster access to colleagues in North America. The Southern Cross Cable...
Lester Stump has one of the key jobs in preparing for the Sydney Olympics - largely thanks to a University of Salford online masters degree in construction IT. He is overseeing construction of all 35...
Friday An early start for Chennai, via Newcastle, Heathrow and Dubai. I am spending a week in southern India on behalf of the Sterling Group, an informal aggregate of 23 UK engineering departments...
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THES writers report on changes to legislation on stem-cell research as nations struggle with their consciences. The UK was the first country in the world to pass laws to permit researchers to use...
The University of East London refugee studies programme is enabling research, free from prejudice, of a growing minority in most societies, says Philip Marfleet. Refugees have become a preoccupation...
The first international conference for heads of teacher-training institutions has laid the foundations for setting up a worldwide teacher-training network. The three-day Paris conference, "Priorities...
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
Paris, 02 Mar 2004 On the last night of February 2002 ESA's Envisat - the largest and most sophisticated Earth Observation spacecraft ever built - swapped the tropical atmosphere of French Guiana for...
Prime minister Tony Blair wants 50 per cent of 18 to 30-year-olds in higher education by 2010. Yesterday, Iain Gray, Scotland's minister for enterprise, transport and lifelong learning, revealed that...
Higher education in Sri Lanka would benefit from a more systematic partnership with government, rather than the current dependence on links among individuals, the country's ambassador to France has...
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