Brussels, 11 Apr 2003 An EU funded research project is crossing the political divide to bring about strategies for managing irrigation in the Mediterranean region. Funded under the International...
Human code fully cracked Fifty years after the discovery of the structure of DNA, scientists from six countries today announce another landmark: they have sequenced the entire genetic code of a human...
MPs' report warns of exam overload A House of Commons report published today is expected to warn that pupils are suffering from exam overload in the face of constant testing. The education select...
Brussels, 10 Apr 2003 Inter-institutional Seminar on Bioethics: Human embryonic stem cells research in the Sixth Framework Programme for Research Charlemagne Building, 170, Rue de la Loi, Brussels -...
Paris, 10 Apr 2003 In the early hours of this morning an Ariane-5 launcher headed for space from Kourou, in French Guiana. Flight 160 was right on time and successfully placed its two payloads into...
Brussels, 10 April 2003 The European Commission has formally requested that France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria and Finland adopt and...
Luxembourg, 10 April 2003 C-153/02, Valentina Neri v European School of Economics Opinion of Advocate General Jacobs on 10 April 2003 (link to English version when available). Full text This case...
EMBARGO: 10 April 2003 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great pleasure and indeed an honour to have been asked by the organisers of the Biovision forum to act as co-chairman at this plenary session here...
Brussels, 10 Apr 2003 Peter LIESE (EPP-ED, D) Report on Medicine: standards of quality and safety of human tissues and cells Doc.: A5-0103/2003 [may not be available yet] Procedure: Codecision (1st...
Firm sells essays to student cheats A Birmingham-based company is offering to write students' essays claiming they will never be found out by new university anti-cheating technology. For up to £50 an...
In an innovative approach to widening participation, the University of Birmingham approaches state schools and asks them to recommend pupils who might benefit from higher education, writes Alison...
The Welsh Assembly may decide against appointing an access regulator for higher education, it emerged this week. Assembly education minister Jane Davidson has asked the Higher Education Funding...
The 70 centres of teaching excellence proposed in the white paper on higher education could be theme-based regional consortia of universities, colleges or departments, according to the Higher...
The salaries of Scottish researchers are too low despite better levels of university funding since devolution, according to a science agenda for Scotland published this week. It says that...
The UK's neutron centre at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory is to receive more than £100 million, the Department of Trade and Industry has announced. The money will pay for a wing at the Isis...