Brussels, 02 May 2002 The European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) has announced that the EMBO Award for communication in the life sciences will be presented on 9 November 2002. The 5,000 euro...
Newcastle University has asked us to point out that it did not fail to meet its recruitment target last year ( THES , April 26) - in fact it exceeded it.
The government's University Challenge funds have sparked a surge in business acumen in the higher education sector, a Royal Academy of Engineering conference was told on Monday. Ederyn Williams,...
John Monks, Trades Union Congress general secretary, has urged further education college employers to negotiate a "fair deal" for lecturers. In a speech to the TUC's Business Partnerships conference...
ÌÇÐÄVlog secretary David Blunkett is enlisting the help of social scientists in developing policy. Social scientists will be invited to spend time working at the ÌÇÐÄVlog Office Research, Development and...
De Montfort University is to submit a planning application to Leicester City Council, which would transform the heart of the historic city at a cost of £105 million over ten years. University...
The Scottish Executive's failure to give further education "adequate" funding is threatening its own plans to boost lifelong learning, according to the Educational Institute of Scotland. The Scottish...
University of London students last week pressed education minister Margaret Hodge to recognise the high cost of living in London as part of the student finance review. Four sabbatical officers wrote...
The Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission has published proposals for a public debate on the possible commercialisation of genetically modified crops in the UK. The body, which advises...
The World Universities Network has begun its first exchange programme, with 50 young researchers from UK and US universities crossing the Atlantic. These initial exchanges will last several months...
The Health and Safety Executive plans to investigate Imperial College, London, over the use of a biological toxin in its research laboratories. Under health and safety rules, the college must inform...
Compulsory retirement ages should be scrapped and employees be able to choose when to retire, according to a survey published this week by the Association of Graduate Recruiters and the Employers...
Life has just got even easier for the gadget-loving couch potato. Engineers at Florida University have developed a robot that can open bottles of beer and set them on a coffee table within easy reach...
Conservationists are urging the government to oppose plans to hunt an endangered species of marine turtle for its carapace. International trade in tortoiseshell, taken from the hawksbill turtle, has...
MPs have said they are disturbed by the "serious failings" of government officials in setting up and running the ill-fated Individual Learning Account scheme that collapsed amid fraud allegations...