Brussels, 26 May 2006 Full text of Document 9513/06 Suite of documents 9513/06 MONDAY 29 MAY 2006 (9:30) 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 9685/06 PTS A 26 3. Better...
While Leo Braudy's history of fame, The Frenzy of Renown, began in antiquity with specific reference to the self-publicising strategies of Alexander the Great, Fred Inglis, in A Short History of...
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCILInsect Pollinators InitiativeAbout £10 million has been granted to nine UK-based projects to explore the causes and consequences of threats to...
Umit Bititci has been honoured for his work helping to bring academics into knowledge transfer partnerships
Economic development strategy calls for foreign boost to knowledge economy, writes Phil Baty
Author: Claire SquiresEdition: FirstPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPages: 248Price: £48.00 and £14.99ISBN: 9781403997739 and 9780230228474The fact that this lively and meticulously researched monograph...
How to get ahead of the game
Whitehall's creative industries strategy is welcome, but where is its support for Britain's athletic endeavours, asks Simon Chadwick
Reflexive claims for the US academy's greatness ring hollow, says John Summers, given elite institutions' tight links with economic and political power and lack of appetite for challenging ideas
Its higher education sector appears healthy, but will Australia's new demand-led system enable it to recruit enough domestic students to beat a drop in overseas recruitment and chronic underfunding?...
David Cameron’s vision for Britain threatens associations such as the Research Information Network that help boost UK productivity and efficiency, argues Tara Brabazon
Plan proposes 5,000 apprenticeships and better links with industry and schools. John Gill reports
Funding chiefs want at least half of England's universities to make industry workforce-training requirements a core strategic priority.At a board meeting in February, the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding...
MergersScience bodies join forcesThe Institute of Biology and the Biosciences Federation have united to form the Society of Biology after members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the move. It is...
Vocational degreesHigher education for apprenticesThe Government has pledged to help more apprentices go to university and says it is considering a new form of vocational degree. John Denham, the...