Grants to help Scots bring ideas to market
Scottish Enterprise is investing Pounds 750,000 in a fellowship scheme to help young academics commercialise their research. The Royal Society of Edinburgh this session awarded four enterprise...
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Philippe Busquin: La carrière du chercheur en Europe, Conférence sur la carrière des chercheurs, Bruxelles, le 16 décembre 2002
Bruxelles, le 16 d écembre 2002 Madame la Ministre, Monsieur le Président, Mesdames et Messieurs, Je voudrais tout d'abord remercier Mme Dupuis d'avoir pris l'initiative de cette conférence consacrée...
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The EU Archimedes prize: - Supporting the next generation of scientists
Munich, 5 December 2002 The EU Archimedes Prize - the EU's science prize for undergraduate students - was awarded today, December 5, in Munich to 20 projects carried out by young European scientists...
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Philippe Busquin: "Préparer un plan d'action ambitieux pour la politique spatiale européenne et faire de l'Europe le leader spatial du 21ième siècle", Conférence de clôture, Livre vert 'politique spat
Paris, 24 Juin 2003 Mesdames les Ministres, Messieurs les Directeurs Généraux, Mesdames Messieurs, Je suis heureux d'être ici aujourd'hui pour la conclusion de la consultation sur le Livre vert dédié...
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How to... design mix 'n' match courses
WHAT Ronald Barnett, Kelly Coate and Gareth Parry make sense of study programmes. WHY Curriculum planning is a complicated, yet necessary part of improving degree quality. HOW The undergraduate...
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Exposed: PR's political ambition
STIRLING University researchers are mapping the scope and scale of the political public relations industries and the professional groups who staff them. The work, led by Philip Schlesinger of...
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Bridging cultural space big enough to test Nasa
The key to success for the GLA and London is partnership with educational institutions, says Trevor Phillips In public school novels, the boys of School House (or whatever) seldom stray off the...
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EU funds promote lifelong learning
The government has secured a Pounds 160 million boost from the European Social Fund to support the University for Industry and other lifelong learning proposals. David Blunkett, secretary of state...
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When you're old, who cares how you die?
Doctors' failure to recognise that her mother was suffering from CJD alerted Judith Okely to the medical profession's inherent ageism. The crisis over mad cow disease has shown how scientific...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this service is...
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To get the people in, first listen
Mary Stuart knows at first hand the life of the inner-city poor. Now a Sussex pro vice-chancellor, she is determined to give them every chance to attend university, writes Pat Leon. Mary Stuart was a...
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Funding council aims to boost business ties
The Higher Education Funding Council for England is planning a "third leg" of support alongside its funding of research and teaching. It wants to help institutions boost their "professional...
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Life learners prepare for radical shifts
The central principle of a lifelong learning curriculum, based on knowledge and citizenship, should be a social theory of learning that runs through our lives like the message in a stick of rock. We...
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On the move
Michael Brown, pro vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, has been appointed vice-chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University. Peter Gilroy, of Manchester Metropolitan University, will be...
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Business brothers 'beyond reproach'
There is a remarkably cosy family atmosphere at Cardiff Business School. Nigel Piercy, professor of marketing and strategy at the business school, works closely with his wife, senior research...