The research councils have spent more than £84,000 of public money on hiring consultants to train them to appear before Parliamentary select committees, The Times Higher can reveal. The House of...
Brussels, 29 Jun 2004 The Commission-appointed MANUFUTURE High Level Group of experts from industry and research met for the first time in Brussels in June 2004. The objective was to review progress...
Brussels, November 2003 Introduction Today's meeting of the Competitiveness Council is a good demonstration of the central role that this Council will play in the future. This Council formation is...
Brussels, November 2003 Introduction Today's meeting of the Competitiveness Council is a good demonstration of the central role that this Council will play in the future. This Council formation is...
Employers are to have a greater say in education and training as part of a government-wide skills strategy to be published in the spring. Adult learning and skills minister Ivan Lewis is to hold a...
Brussels, 20 Apr 2004 A European expert group has published 25 recommendations on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic testing. The recommendations include a call for screening for...
Brussels, 26 Oct 2004 A call for proposals for 'Entrepreneurial innovation: networking key players and users' has been launched by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6)....
Brussels, 12 September 2006 General Assembly of the Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants Brussels, 12 September 2006 Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is an honour for me...
Peter Scott, a former editor of The Times Higher , was among a strong list of figures from higher education honoured by the Queen this new year. The vice-chancellor of Kingston University was...
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin has called on all European stakeholders to work together to define a common strategy for research infrastructures, essential...
Brussels, 24 Nov 2003 Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin has called on all European stakeholders to work together to define a common strategy for research infrastructures, essential...
Women still shun 'male subjects' but dominate most disciplines. Paul Hill reports. The scale of the gender divide in university courses has been underlined by new figures that continue to show women...
Brussels, 07 Sep 2004 A report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has urged governments to change their policies aimed at encouraging the development of biomass,...
The Challenge of Affluence
Philip James and Neville Rigby say that obesity needs urgent action, while Paul Campos thinks we have much bigger worries on our plate In the face of robust US government statistics showing that at...