Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 The French Ministry for Research and New Technologies in association with ANVAR (Agence nationale de valorisation de la recherche) and the European Social Fund has launched the...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 Tech-Know Consultants are organising a workshop on the theme of research and training networks in the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) in Brussels on 23 January. The event is...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2003 From spring 2003, Austrian schoolchildren will be able to obtain additional information from their school books via the Internet. Under the 'Schulbuchextra' initiative, schools...
Paris, 03 Jan 2003 Cooling is key in the Sahara Desert, especially when you're in the middle of it, trying to win a race. Cooling technology developed by ESA for space is helping one of the teams in...
Paris, 30 December 2002 A new navigation tool to help blind people find their way around city streets is soon to be tested under an ESA project. The hand-held device incorporates ESA's new satellite...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 An international group of scientists has mapped the longest human chromosome to date, chromosome 14, in its entirety, and published its findings online. The chromosome, the...
Brussels, 03 Jan 2003 A project consortium supported by funding of one million euro from the European Commission is aiming to revolutionise web-based mathematics in order to tackle wider issues such...
Hodge says white paper will be green in parts The government's higher education review paper, expected to be published in around ten days' time, will be "extremely radical" and "highly contentious in...
Clarke may scrap upfront tuition fees Compulsory upfront tuition fees appear to be on the way out after Charles Clarke, the education secretary, said yesterday that the new system of university...
Cloning researchers fear that sect's claims will sap support Scientists wasted little time deploring the announcement by a religious sect that it had created the first human clone. They say cloning...
Clinton heads Oxford chancellor wish list Bill Clinton, who has made no secret of his love for Oxford and whose daughter is a student there, may be asked to stand for chancellor of the university to...
Brown told to find money to avoid top-up fees Gordon Brown will come under pressure this week to back his opposition to top-up tuition fees for students with a big increase in university funding. A...
Universities face £3 billion bill for building repairs A third of British university buildings still need significant repairs costing £3 billion despite an overall improvement in the general...
Inquiry held into Star Wars cover up One of America's most prestigious universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said yesterday that it had begun an inquiry into claims that its...
Bath University students are demanding a 20 per cent reduction in fees to compensate for a 20 per cent cut in lecture time. The university has asked all departments to submit plans for cutting...