QAA raps reliance on hourly paid staff
Quality watchdogs have told South Bank University not to rely too heavily on hourly paid lecturers. The rare official criticism of employment practices was hailed by one union as vindication of its...
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Oxford boosts equality drive after dismissal payout
Oxford University's colleges have rushed to beef up their equal opportunities policies after an expensive out-of-court settlement of an unfair dismissal case in which Keble College was accused of...
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Who got that cash?
Andrew Parker and Helen White-Cooper hope to create the next big thing in optical engineering with the help of £100,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The Oxford...
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OECD Launches Global Scientific Research Project to Improve Understanding of the Human Brain
Paris, 11 Aug 2005 Seven member countries of the OECD's Global Science Forum have launched a project to promote international collaboration among scientists and create new ways of sharing and...
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New international database to increase understanding of the human brain
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 Seven countries are to launch an international neuroinformatics coordinating facility (INCF) under the umbrella of the Global Science Forum of the Organisation for Economic...
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Commission calls for study in ICT standardisation needs
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 The European Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has published a call for tenders for a study on the specific policy needs for information and communication technologies (...
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In search of greener refrigeration
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 The Kyoto Protocol calls for a phasing out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) – implicated in ozone depletion – which are used in various industrial, commercial and household...
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Ecological implications must be a part of renewable energy research, review finds
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 Most current research into offshore renewable energy options fails to take sufficient account of the ecological implications, according to a major new review published in the...
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INTERCARBON 2005: renewable energy climate protection projects and emissions trading
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 An international trade fair and congress for renewable energy climate protection projects and emissions trading, 'INTERCARBON 2005', will take place in Augsburg, Germany, from...
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JRC supports risk forecasting for forest fires in the EU
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC), together with the Directorate General for Environment, is helping Member States to control forest fires by forecasting risks...
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The bone bioreactor: growing bones for grafts in vivo
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 A new method developed by an international team of biomedical engineers has proved for the first time that it is possible to grow healthy new bone in one part of the body and...
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Six countries to fund joint systems biology projects
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 Six European countries are to launch a call for tenders for systems biology and microorganisms, the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research has announced. Projects...
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Medical Informatics Europe
Brussels, 11 Aug 2005 The 19th International Congress of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI), 'MIE2005', will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 28 August to 1 September...
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ERS-2 successfully targets China's Typhoon Matsa
Paris, 11 Aug 2005 Photos Heavy rainfall and flooding from Typhoon Matsa killed at least 12 people and caused millions of euros worth of damage in China. In Matsa's aftermath, unique data from ESA's...
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From 'macro' to 'micro' - turbulence seen by Cluster shows 'micro'-vortices in Earth's magnetosphere
Paris, 11 Aug 2005 Thanks to measurements by ESA's Cluster mission, a team of European scientists have identified 'micro'-vortices in Earth's magnetosphere. Such small-scale vortex turbulence, whose...