Paris, 07 May 2004 Images These images were taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express of the Acheron Fossae region, an area of intensive tectonic (continental '...
Munich, 07 May 2004 Case G 0002/02 "New DNA molecules" "A DNA molecule for expression of bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL)" Decision Keywords International applications - priorities from India...
A plan to create a psychological garden at next year's Chelsea Flower Show has sown seeds of discontent within the psychology profession's national body. The British Psychological Society's project,...
The founder of one of the most successful university spinoff companies who donated £100,000 to the Labour Party and found himself at the centre of a row over a government contract has been appointed...
The list of new working peers that emerged last weekend included several names linked to higher education. Anthony Giddens , former director of the London School of Economics, will sit on the Labour...
Improved tax breaks should be offered to those making donations to universities and other charities, a government task force on fundraising will propose next week. The long-awaited report on how the...
University academic staff will receive well over £100 million in back pay following the Association of University Teachers' vote to accept the employers' revised pay offer. More than 84 per cent of...
Lecturers' leaders have attacked the "outrage and injustice" of plans to raise the pensionable age for academics, writes Phil Baty. John Wilkin, president-elect of lecturers' union Natfhe, said this...
The power of role models in attracting young people to careers in science will be explored by the Royal Society in a national survey. The online survey, launched this week by the RS and funded by the...
A national centre for text mining, which will allow academics to extract facts and insights from the burgeoning volume of journal articles, is to be set up in the UK. The £1 million initiative,...
Keith O'Brien, Scotland's Roman Catholic cardinal, has urged Canadian students to "seriously consider" coming to live in Scotland, reversing more than two centuries of emigration from the old country...
The granddaughter of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton opened an exhibition at Cambridge University this week of "hidden" documents and artefacts relating to his Antarctic journeys. The Honourable...
The University of the Highlands and Islands Millennium Institute is setting up a think-tank to give the region a stronger voice with which to influence government policy both in Westminster and...
Graduates could leave university owing as much as £33,708 by 2010 if the trend of rising student debt continues, a high-street bank claimed this week. Figures published by Barclays suggest that...
Universities should invest some of their extra income from tuition fees in measures to ensure that fewer students drop out of degree courses, vice-chancellors will be advised next week. A senior...