Lecturers protest at 2,000 job cuts
Two thousand jobs are under threat in new universities and course closures are blocking access to key degree subjects such as languages and social work for working-class communities, lecturers' union...
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Why we should spurn equality and meritocracy
Against Equality of Opportunity
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Dispatches from the front
Scenes from the End - A War to be Won
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European drive for post-genomic research: European Commission awards €39.4 million to three large-scale projects
Brussels, 19 March 2002 In a drive to gear up research on genomics - the study of genes and their function - the European Commission has awarded €39.4 million to three large research projects. The...
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British struggle with innovation
Many British firms are struggling with what innovation means despite almost universal recognition that it is critical to making companies and nations more competitive, according to a newly published...
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Dr. Franz FISCHLER: Approaching the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in the EU, Roundtable on research results relating to the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops
Dr. Franz FISCHLER: Approaching the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops in the EU, Roundtable on research results relating to the co-existence of GM and non-GM crops Brussels, 24 April 2003 Ladies...
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French PM moves to promote innovation
France is to break down the legal barriers separating public research and private industry and introduce tax and other financial breaks to support the creation of high-tech and other innovatory...
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NASA Chief Outlines Plans for New Space Exploration Program
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 NASA's Future Space Mission January 28 2004 The Testimony of The Honorable Sean O'Keefe Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Before the U.S....
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NASA Chief Outlines Plans for New Space Exploration Program
Washington, 29 Jan 2004 NASA's Future Space Mission January 28 2004 The Testimony of The Honorable Sean O'Keefe Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Before the U.S....
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A fine measuring tool
A five-layered 'footprint' for assessing engineering research excellence may be invaluable in other sciences, writes Jennifer Gristock A new approach to research assessment was unveiled this week by...
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No cash, but we're not going to give up
Martin Ince reports on the new institutions battling to preserve their research. Before last month's white paper on higher education, researchers might have thought that stratification was something...
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Institutions join bid for NHS contracts
A consortium of universities, National Health Service trusts and small businesses are poised to bid for education and training contracts in health informatics - the use of information within the...
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Eyeing up the future
Do you have the leadership vision to take your institution forward into the knowledge economy? Steve Molyneux assesses the positions taken by the various players in the field and says the time has...
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Commission launches debate on how to turn European universities into a "world-class reference"
Brussels, 5 February 2003 Today in Brussels, the Commission published a Communication on the role of universities in the Europe of knowledge, as part of an initiative instigated by European Research...
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Task force to review qualifications
Scotland's Knowledge Economy Task Force, set up by enterprise and lifelong learning minister Henry McLeish, is set to debate whether higher education should include inbuilt professional accreditation...