Dishing out an à la carte education
Geoff Andrews explores a university that serves up gourmet courses One of the dilemmas that new university students often grapple with is how to manage their food budget. Shelves stocked with tinned...
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Eat, drink and be merry...
...for tomorrow thinness may be out of vogue. While modern societies see fatness as undesirable, many past cultures considered it a virtue. What drives our attitudes? asks Felipe Fernández-Armesto In...
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Dad's old school tie may be just the ticket
The Ivy League is touted as a model for the UK. But, despite their outreach initiatives and generous scholarships, Paul Lewis contends that US universities are as prone to hereditary elitism as...
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Battle of Will for the Bard's soul 1
Shakespeare's work should be appreciated as complex art as well as marketable entertainment, says Kate McLuskie. Whereas Tom McAlindon believes that theory-driven radicals are sapping the joy from...
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Battle of Will for the Bard's soul 2
Shakespeare's work should be appreciated as complex art as well as marketable entertainment, says Kate McLuskie. Whereas Tom McAlindon believes that theory-driven radicals are sapping the joy from...
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UK Department of Trade & Industry: Hydrogen energy strategy
London, 21 December 2004 A Strategic Framework for Hydrogen Energy in the UK - final report (full version) (PDF, 3,894kB) Index, executive summary and chapter 1 (PDF, 306kB) Chapters 2-7 (PDF, 1,...
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Majority of EU Environment Ministers vote against Monsanto's oilseed rape
Brussels, 21 Dec 2004 19 out of the 25 Environment Ministers who met in Brussels on 20 December voted against approval of the GT73 oilseed rape, genetically modified (GM) by Monsanto in order to...
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Limit for GMOs in conventional seed must be set at detection threshold
17 December 2004 at detection thresholdIn its December plenary session the EESC adopted two opinions concerning genetically modified crops and the European action plan for organic food and farming....
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Oilseed Rape Genetically Modified (Extract from: Provisional Version, Environment Council, 20-21 December)
Brussels, 21 Dec 2004 The Council noted that no qualified majority was attained to allow for a decision on the Commission's proposal authorising the placing on the market of a oilseed rape product (...
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Network of Excellence to address six production process challenges
Brussels, 21 Dec 2004 A Network of Excellence on innovative production machines and systems (I*PROMS) is addressing what it sees as the six 'manufacturing challenges for 2020'. The network will...
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Commission profiles new ERA-NET projects
Brussels, 21 Dec 2004 The European Commission has published synopses of a selection of ERA-NET projects receiving funding under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The brochure is the second in a...
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Conference: evolution of the life science industries
Brussels, 21 Dec 2004 An international conference entitled 'Evolution of the life sciences' will be held in Edinburgh, UK, from 23 to 25 February. As well as addressing the usual areas of uncertainty...
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US Federal Trade Commission: Genzyme Corp's $1 billion acquisition of Ilex Oncology cleared
Washington, 20 December 2004 Divestitures Required in the U.S. Market for Solid Organ Transplant Acute Therapy Drugs In the Matter of Genzyme Corporation and Ilex Oncology, Inc., FTC File No. 041...
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Today's news
This is the last Daily News update for 2004; the service will resume on Monday, January 10. The Times Higher sends all our readers best wishes for the holiday season and new year. Exeter...
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Results of nanotechnology survey highlight wants and needs of Europe's scientists
Brussels, 20 Dec 2004 The results of an online survey on 'a European strategy for nanotechnology' illustrate the areas that Europe's researchers consider should be a priority. Respondents...