Brussels, 23 July 2004 This year, the EU Descartes Prize for outstanding research through transnational co-operation is celebrating its fifth anniversary. The 2004 short-listed teams come from 20...
Brussels, 23 July 2004 To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Descartes Prize, on July 12th, the European Commission staged an event in Brussels, with former winners, the Grand Jury and other...
Brussels, 23 July 2004 List of experts appointed as members of the scientific committees (OJ C188/2 23.7.2004). Full text List in alphabetical order of the scientists appointed by the Commission as...
The Prime Minister has given personal permission for the Army to assist Oxford University in the construction of its animal research facility, despite fears that members of his Cabinet are resisting...
Manchester will become Britain's first half-billion pound university in terms of academic earnings. The merger of Manchester University and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and...
Four years ago, Sir John Krebs was appointed chairman of the new Food Standards Agency, to the dismay of consumer groups, which criticised his lack of experience in the food industry. Sir John has...
The Royal College of Music has appointed to director Colin Lawson , professor and pro vice-chancellor of Thames Valley University where he is dean of the London College of Music and Media. He will...
Students admit to using aid for the poorest to finance social lives. Victoria Gittins reports Middle-class students are exploiting university hardship funds to subsidise their social lives, shopping...
One of Cambridge University's most prestigious colleges has been forced to pay compensation to a bursar it suspended last year. King's College has conceded that Roger Salmon "acted with propriety and...
Cambridge University has beaten Oxford University to the top of an independently compiled teacher-training league table. The success of Cambridge's education department follows its merger with...
Admissions system uncovered We kick off our new series with a look at the rise in parent power Also Postwar problems : YahiaSaid on rebuilding Iraqi society and attacks on academics Postcards from...
Wish to award own degrees strains federation, says Tony Tysome. The future of the University of Wales is in doubt following the decision of Cardiff University to leave the federal institution and go...
Cardiff University has dropped proposed new rules forcing academics to hand over all lecture notes and research data when they leave for new jobs after an outcry from staff. The rules would have...
Draft legislation to merge Scotland's further and higher education funding councils has come under attack from vice-chancellors, trade unions and students. Responses to the Scottish Executive's...
The UK is the second most productive country in the world when it comes to publishing scientific papers, a global analysis of research papers has revealed. It shows that the US produced almost 35 per...