Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 While the European Space Agency (ESA) has suggested that space should not be tied to EU research policy but should be accepted as having a broader policy relevance, the European...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 Hyperion and Eurocentre are jointly organising two workshops on how to write a competitive proposal for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), and how to negotiate, administer and...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 The European Commission today approved two new rapid BSE tests, Prionics Check LIA and InPro CDI-5 made by the companies Prionics and InPro. The two new tests should help to...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 EUSCEA, the European science events association, has urged EU Member State governments to increase their moral and financial support for science communication events. In a...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 An international brokerage event on information and communications technology (ICT) will take place on 15 July in Trieste, Italy. 'TriCo Trieste 2003' is aimed at fostering...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 A brokerage event to promote the research achievements of the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP), will take on 11 and 12 July in Osoppo, Italy. The event is part of...
Footballing icon David Beckham has dramatically redefined the working-class man's sense of identity, a worldwide meeting of sociologists heard this week. And his life on what lecturer John Harris has...
Oxford's superiority over 'poly' is history Oxford University is reforming its history department after inspectors ranked it beneath its rival at the city's former polytechnic, Oxford Brookes...
Ezio Capizzano, 67, a former law professor at the University of Camerino, is to stand trial for rape, corruption and embezzlement after allegedly awarding female students high marks in exchange for...
Nigeria's federal ministry of education will not take up a$101 million (£60.6 million) World Bank loan negotiated ten years ago to connect universities on the internet after the bank refused a...
Students in the Iranian capital are seeking permission to mark next month's anniversary of the 1999 riots with a "free speech" march from Tehran University to the parliament. The state news agency...
As higher education has expanded, so has demand for degree holders, say Peter Elias and Kate Purcell Are graduates taking over areas of work that were previously the domain of non-graduates? If so,...
With access to inspirational science and maths teachers restricted, the internet could make quality instruction into a universal currency The "developed" nations are easily recognised. They are the...
It's that time of year when design students nationwide unveil their weird and wonderful inventions. Coventry University student Jane Aukim has devised a pie holder that protects football fans from...
Southampton's higher education institutions this week clubbed together to encourage more people to cycle to work. To induce the change, they are today offering cycling staff a free breakfast with...