Governance of the European Research Area
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The European Commission is organising a conference entitled 'Governance of the European Research Area: the role of civil society', which will take place in Brussels on 12 and 13...
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Information day on the model contracts for FP6 - Rome
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The Italian national research council (CNR), the agency for the promotion of European research (APRE), and the European Commission are organising an information day on the new...
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Technical difficulties play vital role in choosing Rosetta's comet target
Brussels, 18 Apr 2003 The chief scientist behind Europe's attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet has said that it is now a 'virtual certainty' that Rosetta's target will be Comet Churyumov-...
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Sci-fi competition about to be judged
Paris, 18 Apr 2003 Altogether 120 entries from all over the globe have been received for the science fiction story-writing competition announced by ESA last November. The Clarke-Bradbury...
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Update:
Middlesex wins enterprise award Middlesex University has today won the Queen's award for enterprise, in recognition of its recruiting a high number of overseas students. It boosted overseas student...
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Today's news
Poll claims voters saw off graduate tax Government documents have been released that show how voters helped persuade ministers to abandon plans to introduce a graduate tax because they could not...
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Name your price
Bradford has just paid consultants £20,000 for a survey to decide on the new name of the merged university and college of higher education. The three most popular options? Bradford University, the...
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You suckers
Students in China have taken to drinking milk from babies' bottles - and psychologists are getting concerned. The South China Morning Post quotes a report in the mainland Southern Metropolis News...
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Lucky caller
The Mori researcher charged with finding out what percentage of the general public have heard of the National Health Service University got a shock with one call. Introducing preliminary findings at...
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Findings: Fathers make teens happy
Adolescents feel that paternal involvement during their turbulent teenage years has a more positive effect on their happiness than maternal involvement, according to Oxford University researchers,...
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Next week
Step change How dance is being hobbled by the white paper Desert island risks The tale of a researcher who spent a harrowing year alone to study consciousness and the environment Books Tibet, Tibet...
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Debt puts off teachers
Increased tuition fees will have serious consequences for the recruitment and retention of teachers, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers has warned. Many students on teacher training courses,...
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Copyright law delayed
The UK implementation of the European Copyright Directive has been delayed, according to the UK Patent Office. The directive will see Europe signing up to the World Intellectual Property Organisation...
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Plan for town planning
Universities should have more freedom to develop town-planning courses and restrictions on entry requirements should be removed, according to a review by the Royal Town Planning Institute. The...
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Sounding on science
The Office of Science and Technology is to undertake a national survey on public attitudes to science. The survey, which would be carried out every two years, would also assess the level of interest...