Ups and downs at Ucea
I learnt with joy that Geoffrey Copland had stepped down as chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association. Here was an acknowledgement of the need to rebuild relationships with the...
I learnt with joy that Geoffrey Copland had stepped down as chair of the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association. Here was an acknowledgement of the need to rebuild relationships with the...
Jeremy Ireland seems to have his own "fluffy bunny fantasy" about students (Letters, July 7). If "socially responsible" students have brought such regeneration to Belfast, Glasgow and Leeds, one...
As a graduate, I am not prone to student-hating prejudice. But when I am repeatedly woken in the middle of the night by my student neighbours and sworn at when I ask them to keep the noise down, my...
'Raunch culture' and the hypersexualisation of youth have exposed women to sex at a younger age, leaving them dissatisfied and insecure. Angela Phillips believes a return to feminist discourse on...
As a cardinal seeks excommunication of those involved in stem-cell research, Michael Ruse surveys the Catholic Church's record on stifling discovery Earlier this month, Cardinal Alfonso López...
Gone are the days of unadulterated arts or science study at university. Today's campuses offer a multitude of degree combinations that cross the arts-science divide. C. P. Snow would have been proud...
In April, the UK saw its first measles-related death since 1992. Stephen Phillips charts a worrying fall in vaccine uptake, in particular among the well-heeled For immunologists, it is the best and...
Are universities more interested in foreign students' fees than their welfare? Tony Tysome asks the experts It's been a five-hour train journey to Plymouth and I have no idea where I'm going when I...
Do students need formal processes by which to plan their development, or does this constitute hand-holding? Opinion is split, finds Harriet Swain Battered and embittered by the reactions of reluctant...
Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 SUMMARY OF EUROCHAMBRES' POSITION We believe that the provision of guidelines by the Commission on a harmonised framework on R&D tax incentives can be beneficial in...
Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 A group of US scientists has cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Galileo, Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes...
Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 ELTE Centre, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Sunday August 2006 from 09:00 - 16:30 Presentation of the Implementation Action Plan (IAP) for the European Technology...
Brussels, 12 Jul 2006 European researchers have found that Yucca extract is effective at preventing and curing an apple disease which causes major economic loss to farmers in Europe and around the...
Brussels, 5 July 2006 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Regulation (Euratom) laying down the rules for the participation of undertakings, research...
Brussels, 5 July 2006 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on advanced therapy medicinal products and...