MPs call for major research funding boost
A group of MPs has called on the government to ensure 3 per cent of GDP is invested in research and development by 2020 or risk the UK falling behind

A group of MPs has called on the government to ensure 3 per cent of GDP is invested in research and development by 2020 or risk the UK falling behind

Hundreds of researchers sign letter warning of cost of focusing exclusively on business-led priorities
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 Finland has outlined its national space strategy for 2005 to 2007, which has the aim of developing those fields of space science with the most substantial societal impact. The...

Lecturer who masterminded student-run commercial operation Re:So shortlisted for enterprise education award

From robots to the most popular course, academics share their predictions

The former leader of the University of York on how his new role鈥檚 focus on technology made the decision an easy one
Brussels, Apr 2006 The UK is setting up 'innovation platforms' in areas identified in a recent report as key to developing the UK's position in the international arena. Two pilot platforms, in the...

USS pensionsTobacco investments under attackThe Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) should reconsider its investments in companies that sell tobacco, arms and fossil fuels, a new campaign says....
The engineering skills shortage debate has been raised again as the result of a recent report 鈥 Excellence in Postgraduate Education: Manufacturing, Materials and Design 鈥 published by Cranfield...

Robyn Arianrhod welcomes an unsentimental study of the first woman to win a Nobel prize
Paris, 21 Nov 2003 The third edition of the Industry Space Days (ISD) will take place at ESTEC, Noordwijk in the Netherlands November 24-26, 2003. It is a major forum to generate tomorrow business...
Paris, 21 Nov 2003 The third edition of the Industry Space Days (ISD) will take place at ESTEC, Noordwijk in the Netherlands November 24-26, 2003. It is a major forum to generate tomorrow business...
INFORMATION AND ORGANISATION: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE THEORY OF THE FIRM. By Mark Casson. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 314pp, Pounds 40.00. - ISBN 0 19 829232 5. This is an ambitious book. Mark Casson's...

The government should double the annual budget of its innovation agency to 拢1 billion so it can establish more 鈥淐atapult鈥 centres, a new report says

An academic and a graduate give their views on embedding employability into higher education courses