Banking on more reliable evidence
Despite the conviction of a Libyan intelligence agent for the Lockerbie bombing, Robert Black QC, who helped bring the case to trial, has doubts about the outcome, as he tells Adam James Academics do...
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Will game end on foul play?
Stephen Phillips reports on how scandal has damaged the status of US college sports Murray Sperber thought it prudent to go check out the house he'd inherited in Montreal and to make himself scarce...
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'It's no whitewash but it shows why we work here'
Do TV portrayals of university life do more harm than good? Anna Fazackerley reports on what happened when Bristol let the cameras in With political debates on top-up fees and access to higher...
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Hit all the right buttons or just flash the cash
One-off bursaries and highly focused marketing are two ways in which courses are attracting students in the battle to stay viable. Harriet Swain reports Top-up fee-fuelled debates about the...
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Today's news
3 in 4 women feel unsafe on campus Three-quarters of female students do not always feel safe walking around their university campus at night, the Sodexho-Times Higher university lifestyle survey has...
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Increasing human resources for science and technology in Europe - Conference presentations now available (links)
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 Page link DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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EP Briefing 2004-04-19: European Space Policy - EU / ESA co-operation
Strasbourg, 14 Apr 2004 Guido BODRATO (EPP-ED, I) for the Industry Committee will be tabling a non-binding draft resolution on the Framework Agreement between the European Union and the European...
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Universities team up with Google to make research papers more accessible
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 The popular search engine Google has launched a pilot project with 17 universities around the world, including institutes in Italy and the UK, aimed at improving access to...
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Commission launches public consultation on innovation action plan
Brussels, 14 Apr 2004 The Commission's Enterprise Directorate-General is developing a new innovation action plan, and has launched a public consultation to gather contributions from innovation...
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Latest research news
Blair 'adrift' on environment, warns leading green adviser A critique of Tony Blair's green credentials by Britain's leading environmentalist accuses his government of being dangerously deluded in...
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EU funds project to improve organic food chain
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 Under the thematic priority 'Food Quality and Safety' of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), the European Commission is funding an Integrated Project called '...
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Greenland's ice cap doomed to disappearance, say scientists
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 A team of European scientists has warned that global warning could lead to the disappearance of Greenland's entire ice cap within 1,000 years, and the subsequent drowning of...
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EU spending on organic food doubled over five years
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 A new report has found that European consumers are now spending twice as much on organic food as they did in the late 1990s. According to the report, however, price remains a...
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Climate change conference, Brussels
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 The second Brussels Climate Change Conference will be held in Brussels on 11 and 12 May. The aim of the conference is to discuss recent EU and international developments, and to...
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EEA seeks new members for scientific committee
Brussels, 13 Apr 2004 The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published a call for expressions of interest in membership of its scientific committee. The scientific committee assists the EEA...