Brussels, Mar 2003 The farm scale evaluations of genetically modified (GM) crops in the UK are complete, but before any final data have been published, campaigners are already calling into question...
Washington D.C., Mar 2003 Tuesday, April 29, 2003 United States Patent and Trademark Office Arlington, Virginia 22202 Patent Theater, Crystal Park 2, 2nd Floor ** Note New Location** The most recent...
Brussels, March 2003 The European Commission has launched a service "IST Results" - to provide on-going information on results of the EU's 3.6 billion euro research program for the IT and...
The war in Iraq will hit efforts by UK universities and colleges to attract more overseas students, although higher education will prove key in rebuilding diplomatic bridges after the conflict,...
Lecturer David Petrie, a Scot who teaches English at the University of Verona, has become an expert in the intricacies of the Italian legal system after more than a decade fighting for the rights of...
Forget postcodes - a far simpler test can help admissions tutors identify working-class applicants. A conference on widening access to higher education last week heard from Roderick Floud, vice-...
Will Saunders, the British astronomer arrested last week for painting a "No War" slogan on the Sydney Opera House, is clearly a serial protester with little fear of the law. In an email from...
If you want to be a TV star but are not an instant pundit on wars, go get a job at Leicester University, where no fewer than four academics are featuring in various television series. Geologist Sarah...
East Riding College of Yorkshire is becoming Easy Riding. Local councillors have approved a plan that will offer students in remote areas mopeds to get to college. Eligible students will have to live...
The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education came into being as a result of the Dearing report, which proposed that its functions be "to accredit programmes of training for higher...
Researchers are robbing the poor by keeping data out of the public domain, argues David Hulme Researchers from European and US universities are in effect stealing from the poor by holding on to data...
It's patronising and discriminatory for academics to print respondents' inarticulacies, says Sarah Nelson "Gorblimey guv - strike a light! I had that researcher in the back of me taxi once, and didn'...
Monday March 17 Zero minus 55 hours An interesting time to be a researcher in the field of media and war. I tape the House of Commons debate for later analysis. President George W. Bush will address...
Universities to be sued over music downloads The British record industry is to prosecute universities that allow students to copy music over the internet through their computer networks. Heads of...
Sue Currell took her students for a spin on the virtual highway, but found some were reluctant learner drivers. I have dreamt of ditching my e-learning L-plates ever since Sir Ron Dearing called for...