Brussels, 8 June 2006 Following a wide-ranging consultation of stakeholders and Member States, the Commission today adopted a new Communication fleshing out its plan for the establishment of a...
Brussels, 8 June 2006 In a Communication to the European Council adopted on 22 February, the Commission proposed to set up a new flagship for excellence in higher education, research and innovation:...
Brussels, 08 Jun 2006 What? Presentation of "EPIZONE" When? 13 June 2006 (presentations from 9-12, press conference at 12:30) Where? Centre de Conférence Albert Borschette (Room 2C) Rue...
Brussels, 08 Jun 2006 The Irish government has announced the creation of a EUR 30 million fund to improve technology transfer between higher education institutions and the private sector. The fund...
Student protest ends in riot Greek police fired teargas into a student rally yesterday after it was infiltrated by rioters. A group of hooded youths broke away from a 6,000-strong crowd protesting...
DISPUTE BULLETIN This week, a selection of vice-chancellors describe their reactions to the latest developments: Vice-chancellor, Old Sarum Well, of course, some people felt I'd been a little...
Sally Feldman tends to her frayed nerves and rejoices that a particularly bitter chapter in university history is closed So it's over. And we're all breathing a collective sigh of relief that the...
On the face of it, PQA - post-qualification application - is the only rational way to handle university admissions. More information on an applicant is better than less; newer evidence is better than...
Off-the-cuff remarks at occasions such as Monday's launch of the Centre for European Reform's report on European universities do not constitute spending commitments. But Gordon Brown's...
The overwhelming reaction of academics and students, articulated by Sally Feldman, will be relief that the assessment boycott is over. Even in the unlikely event of union members rejecting their...
I welcome last week's article by David Cesarani, "The Left's 'anti-Semitism' can't go unchallenged", which makes some very good points concerning the recent resurgence of anti-Israel rhetoric in...
We are all members of the Association of University Teachers/University and College Union. We are also members of BRICUP, the British Committee for Universities in Palestine, an organisation...
David Cesarani bemoans the recent surge of anti-Semitism in British society and then says, "Most Jews in Britain have ties to or identify with Israel." We can no longer rationalise this kind of...
David Cesarani does not mention the pivotal part of the Left's critique of Israel - that it is a "settler-colonial state". This means that the entire "Zionist entity" founded in 1948 is illegitimate...
"The integrity or otherwise of Frank Ellis's views on intelligence and race" is indeed not of any concern to Leeds union members, as your correspondent suggests (Letters, May 26). His bigoted and...