Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The first SAIL (strengthening academic and industrial links) conference will be held in Coventry University's Technocentre on 28 November. The SAIL network looks at the...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 Text of Document 11978/02 Subject: Council Decision establishing pursuant to Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council the summary information format...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The European Parliament adopted an urgent resolution on 24 September following a Commission proposal to postpone a ban on the marketing of cosmetics tested on animals. MEPs...
Paris, 26 Sep 2002 According to Douglas Adams, in his famous book The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy, space is big. However, it seems near-Earth space is not big enough. In December 2001, the Space...
Paris, 26 Sep 2002 The first of EUMETSAT's new generation of weather satellites, MSG-1, has arrived on station at 10.5°W in geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. After separation...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 A new funding structure for UK space activities will ensure that the UK remains a sought after partner for international cooperation, according to the UK government. The funding...
Brussels, 26 Sep 2002 The Descartes Prize - now in its third year - was designed by the European Commission's Research Directorate General to reward scientific projects that address the concerns of...
The influential Carnegie Corporation of New York has called for a radical revamping of the way American teachers are trained by schools of education, asking for a two-year "residency" programme...
Even if the inquiries into this year's A-level results succeed in identifying blame, there are underlying problems that will not go away. Outstanding is the fact that the system that has emerged from...
News End of semesters, return to common sense? Features John Gray cuts through the arguments for and against war in Iraq Big Science Question: John Leslie ponders how the world will end The Tories...
It's how standards are set, not what kind of exam students take, that matters, says Dylan Wiliam. Whether the standards of awards made at A level this year are comparable to those made last year...
Universities would do the best job - and they need the cash, argues Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon. What should happen to A levels? In my view, they should probably be returned to universities. I say "...
Business and management studies are by far the most popular subjects among overseas postgraduate students coming to the UK, says events organiser Top University Tour. Engineering is the top choice of...
Police in Bari last week raided a room in which an exam for an academic post was being held after a report alleging that the winner had been chosen beforehand. The University of Bari, in southern...
Israeli academics have circulated a letter warning the international community that their government may use the "fog of war" against Iraq to commit "crimes" against the Palestinian people.