Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 Preliminary assessments by the European Environment Agency (EEA) suggest that this summer's heatwave contributed to the worst ozone pollution seen in Europe for almost a decade...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 A new study suggests that the pool of animals capable of harbouring the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus is larger than was first thought. Research teams from the...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 Europe does not need more research, but more efficient and effective research, if an innovation-based economy is to develop, Academic Director of the animal hygiene department...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 'A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down', or so we learned from Mary Poppins. But a new EU-backed network of micro-encapsulators has other ideas. The European...
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 13242/03 Suite of documents 13242/03 Subject: - Nuclear package, "safety standards" - Nuclear safety in Hungary - International agreements and negotiations...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 A Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects poster session will take place from 21 to23 April 2004, in Poznan, Poland. The session, which will be held during an international...
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 The European Parliament's scientific and technological options assessment (STOA) annual lecture will take place in Brussels on 4 November. Wolfgang Ketterle, a physicist and...
A strong sense of injustice exists in the UK's science departments, Anna Fazackerley reports Women scientists in universities feel disadvantaged in terms of salary, promotional prospects and career...
Reforms to school-leaving qualifications must not hinder universities' ability to identify the best candidates, vice-chancellors have warned, writes Alison Goddard. In its response to the...
Oxford University alumni are demanding assurances over the financial viability and governance of Harris Manchester College after a special investigation by The THES . As The THES went to press, 30...
They may have shaken the dinosaur world with every footfall, but research suggests that sauropods could have glided like punts across shallow water. Plant eaters such as Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus and...
British philosophers have regrouped in a new association designed to protect and enhance the discipline's academic reputation against threats including cuts to research funding. The British...
Scotland could devise radical new definitions of further and higher education, making it easier for universities and colleges to forge innovative links. The Scottish Executive is urging a rethink of...
Britain's further education colleges should charge their wealthiest higher education students £3,000 across-the-board top-up fees, college bosses said this week. The Association of Colleges said that...
Greater central control of budgeting is the secret to boosting a university's teaching and research ratings, as well as dealing with any financial deficits, according to Leicester University's vice-...