Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin, and Commissioner for Education and Culture, Viviane Reding, held a joint press conference on 5 February to launch a debate on the role...
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 The European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) has welcomed EU research funding directed towards developing countries but stressed the need for greater...
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 The first world e-learning conference is to take place in Edinburgh from 9 to 12 February. Global experts in academia, industry and government will be brought together and,...
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 The Council adopted a Decision approving on behalf of the Community the Agreement on co-operation in science and technology, signed on 4 July 2002 in Copenhagen, between the...
Brussels, 06 Feb 2003 Full text of Document 208/03 31 January 2003 SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS Subject: Meeting of the JAF Group held in Brussels on 23 January 2003 1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA The Group...
Fees may bring on student brain drain The prospect of higher tuition fees has led to a surge in the number of pupils thinking about studying in America and fears of an undergraduate brain drain. (...
'I was, and am, utterly bemused by Oxbridge's arrogant belief that abandoning exams for interviews meant they would be "fair" to everyone' The flawed interview process is no substitute for public...
The Diary is pleased to bring you investigative reporting at its best. Last week, the Labour Party website hosted an online chat with education secretary Charles Clarke. He was asked by student Simon...
The government's plans to finally achieve parity of esteem between academic and vocational qualifications through its new 14-to-19 reforms have evidently resulted in some radical thinking among...
Fifty-eight Thai college students have been arrested for allegedly cheating during an exam by hiding pagers in their underwear. Police say the pagers were set to vibrate with answers to multiple-...
Sunday Breaking news of a suicide bombing at our destination in Tel Aviv ripples down the plane. This incident interrupts a period of several weeks of relative calm in Israel. It is my first visit to...
Since 2000, we have been conducting a three-year study into law students' attitudes to debt. Surprisingly, the first-year data showed that, regardless of type of institution, more than 56 per cent of...
Grow up, says Andrew Oswald. Vice-chancellors deserve high salaries for all the work they do I was in a meeting of senior business people in London last week. They wanted to know what university...
How can she justify her boycott as a 'private citizen' yet sack me for being a 'public' representative of Israel? asks Gideon Toury Over the past few days I have been bombarded with electronic copies...
Following the union of Guildhall and North London universities, John Shaw looks at the pros and cons of merger When universities merge, teaching staff might feel they inhabit a Lewis Carroll universe...