Workshop on ESA's gravity mission
Paris, 18 Mar 2004 Last week, more than 120 scientists from 16 different countries gathered at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy to take part in a workshop dedicated to ESA's Gravity Field and Steady-...
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Fast lane for space technology innovation
Paris, 18 Mar 2004 A new ESA initiative got underway this week to speed up the turnaround time from idea to product. The aim is to support the fast introduction of breakthrough innovations in the...
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Brown finds extra cash to fund growth
Gordon Brown quashed fears that universities would be expanded on the cheap this week by confirming that the government will fully fund rising student numbers until 2008. In Wednesday's budget speech...
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Animal tests 'upsetting but important'
A final-year undergraduate was one of a line-up of young scientists speaking out for the first time in defence of animal research in a documentary film launched this week. Rawaa, who researched...
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In the news: Paul Wilkinson
The Madrid terrorist attacks, which have so far caused 200 deaths, have sent journalists scurrying to find experts to shed light on the world of international terrorism. Prominent among them is Paul...
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Appointments
King's College London has appointed: Alison Campbell , acting chief executive of MRC Technology, managing director of KCL Enterprises; and Michael Clarke , director of the International Policy...
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End to AUT pay dispute in sight
The Association of University Teachers looked poised to call off industrial action over pay as The Times Higher went to press. The Trades Union Congress announced that "positive proposals" had been...
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Scientists given 2 weeks to plan10-year vision
The government has given top scientists a two-week deadline to write a two-page summary of how science should develop over the next ten years. Sir David King, the government's chief scientific...
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'Third-stream' cash to nurture business links
Universities will be given a permanent "third stream" of funding, alongside teaching and research cash, to foster collaboration with business, the government confirmed this week in its preliminary...
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Next week
False starts Does the school system handicap universities? Also Toll of terror : How obesity, alcohol and smoking are linked to the war on terror. Picture this : Tom Rosenthal reviews books about the...
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Cash for gap-year volunteers
Gap-year students could benefit financially from a community service scheme. Gordon Brown, the chancellor, announced during the budget that the Treasury and 糖心Vlog Office were to consider whether...
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Long-term prospects
The government is investing ?23 million to help young researchers move from short-term contracts to a permanent academic job. Under the Department of Trade and Industry's academic fellowship scheme,...
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Call to assess costs
Colleges north of the border continue to be unfairly funded because the Scottish Further Education Funding Council is dragging its feet in identifying course costs, the Scottish Parliament's audit...
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Columnist dies
Patrick Nuttgens, the first director of Leeds Polytechnic and a Times Higher columnist for much of the 1980s, died this week aged 74 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis. An architect and...
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St Patrick's Day gift
Aberdeen University has won a $1.85 million (?1 million) endowment for its Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies (RIIS), marking St Patrick's Day. The endowment from the American Ireland...