Commercial benefits
The Royal Society's meeting on affiliation bias explored, among many other things, the best ways in which to maintain a balance between commercial and public funding of scientific research. No one...
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Social animals?
Social scientists' lack of engagement with wider public debates ("Social sciences need to find ways to share", THES, March 28) is not solely their responsibility. The format for dissemination of...
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Open college gates
I hope for the sake of students that the Quality Assurance Agency doesn't apply too light a touch at Cambridge ("Light-touch quality regime faces first tough trial at Cambridge", THES, March 21)....
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Skills are the business
The article "Business will pay if courses meet needs" ( THES, March 28) bears little relevance to the accompanying photograph of student engineers with a racing car they built in six months as part...
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GM blood treatment proves an effective cancer killer
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 Researchers from the UK have discovered a potent weapon against bowel cancer which uses genetically modified blood cells to identify and attack the disease. Scientists from...
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International workshop on mobile multimedia communications
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 The Centre for digital technology and management is to host the eighth international workshop on mobile multimedia communications (MoMuc 2003) from 6 to 8 October in Munich,...
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Information note on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) (link)
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 Full text of Document 7850/03 Suite of documents 7850/03 Subject: International Treaty on Plant Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) - FAO Expert Group...
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European IST project brings e-learning community closer together
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 Europe needs to make full use of the expertise and best practice available in the field of e-learning technology, concluded a meeting to launch a new user group for European...
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Prague hosts European ICT investment forum
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 The ninth European information communication technologies (ICT) investment forum will take place from 14 to 15 April in Prague, Czech Republic. Top corporate executives, leading...
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New thematic service on "nuclear fission and radiation protection" launched on CORDIS
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is providing a new dedicated service for research and training activities related to nuclear...
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CRAFT project develops innovative wastewater treatment plant
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 Researchers from four European countries are currently testing a novel wastewater treatment plant which they have developed with the help of funding from the EU's CRAFT (...
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UK college to upgrade research facilities with EIB loan
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 33.58 million euro to the UK to upgrade research facilities at the Imperial College in London. The loan will be used to refurbish...
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Commission publishes innovation relay centre call for proposals
Brussels, 02 Apr 2003 The European Commission has published a call for proposals for the management of 'innovation relay centres' (IRCs) under the Sixth Framework Programme's 'research and innovation...
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Update: 14:15
UCL appoints modernising provost Malcolm Grant has been appointed provost of University College London. Professor Grant, who is currently a pro vice-chancellor at the University of Cambridge, will...
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Today's news
Top head says put performance before potential The headmistress of the country's top school for A-level results has condemned universities that favour measuring potential over academic brilliance....