Paris, 24 January 2002 A telecommunications satellite for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was put into geostationary orbit late last evening from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana. At...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Terms of Reference for the COST Technical Committee on Chemistry submitted to the Senior...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 The proposal was made during the European Conference on the use of new technologies in relation to drugs trafficking, held in Madrid as one of the initiatives of the Spanish...
Brussels, 24 January 2002 A new interactive website supported by the European Commission aims to provide information from (and for) all the main players in the fight against doping in sport. Aimed at...
Mobile phone safety research kicks-off A £7.4 million research programme aimed at providing definitive answers about the safety of mobile phones was launched today. Fifteen science projects will...
Colleges need private tie-ups Britain's universities need to link more effectively with the private sector to drive forward technological innovation and the creation of successful industrial clusters...
The former lecturer selling essays to students to help them plagiarise their way through university could face legal action following allegations that she misled the appeal panel that overturned her...
Education developers are key to the government's teaching agenda, which could explain their rise to power. A growing cadre of specialists is quietly invading the corridors of power in universities...
There has been an explosion of interest in education development as pressure on staff has grown to cope with innovation and technology and to improve teaching quality, according to David Gosling, who...
The University of Abertay Dundee is to take part in a £1.8 million project to develop new ways of delivering computer applications through the internet. Abertay was the only UK body invited to join...
APPOINTMENTS Christ's College, Cambridge Malcolm Bowie , professor of French literature at Oxford University and a fellow of All Souls College, creator of the Institute of Romance Studies in London...
Particle physicists are bracing themselves for cuts after it emerged that up to £12 million of savings will have to be made in research spending over the next three years, writes Steve Farrar. The...
The University of Connecticut may fire a distinguished nuclear physicist for allegedly bullying students and faculty and compromising university business. Moshe Gai, who was suspended on December 31...
MPs have said they are "staggered" by the lack of quality assurance in the government's ill-fated individual learning account scheme, which became the subject of an inquiry this week. The absence of...
The English funding council has reneged on its promise to fund lower-rated research and will cut funds for the good to pay for the best. Research funding will become more selective than ever before....