Brussels, 19 Sep 2002 The management board of the new European food safety authority (EFSA) were told that they 'have the opportunity to start building a flagship organisation, pre-eminent in the...
Brussels, 19 Sep 2002 While Europe is potentially capable of producing the scientists to meet aspirations of a knowledge driven economy, most EU Member States have inadequacies at almost every stage...
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Full text of Document 259/1/02 17 September 2002 Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action...
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Full text of Document 255/1/02 17 September 2002 149th meeting of the COST Senior Officials Committee held in Brussels on 4/5 July 2002. Summary of conclusions ... 7....
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Full text of Document 256/2/02 13 September 2002 Note: Draft proposal for a Memorandum between COST and the ESF Concerning the arrangement with the ESF examined at the...
Brussels, European Parliament - 19 September 2002 Mr Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to open this conference and I wish to thank the European Parliament, and in particular...
Brussels, 19 September 2002 Ladies and Gentlemen, Neglected diseases are an issue of utmost importance. More than 14 million people are dying each year from infections and parasitic diseases in the...
Extra £32m earmarked for FE Further education lecturers and support staff will share an extra £32 million allocated for pay this year. The Department for Education and Skill said today that the cash...
University places promised to A-level fix pupils Education secretary Estelle Morris last night guaranteed that all students who lost university places as a result of alleged A-level grade fixing...
American students returning to their campuses for the start of the school year are finding remarkable new amenities from room service and juice bars to personal trainers and whirlpool bath....
On a recent trip back to my university over summer, I ran into an old friend who manages a local bar. He explained that with freshers' week coming up, he and the other owners of pubs and bars in and...
Forget that 50 per cent. Reform student support and you widen participation, says David Rendel Addressing Universities UK's annual conference last week, Margaret Hodge advocated a greater role for...
The closure of a top department is a wake-up call to academics, argue Rebecca Boden and Debbie Epstein In theory, things couldn't look brighter for higher education: a government commitment to...
News The rise and rise of the university fat cats Features Jenny Uglow considers what the Lunar Society can tell us about intellectual clusters Frank Furedi asks if "new volunteerism" should be...
Princeton University has topped the US News & World Report rankings for 2003, with Harvard and Yale universities tying in second place.