Using Europe’s regions to generate knowledge
Brussels, 12 May 2006 Europe’s regions have a key role to play in the creation of a knowledge society in Europe, and the ability of the EU to reach its target of investing 3% of GDP in...
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Commission Communication Delivering on the Modernisation Agenda for Universities: Education Research Innovation (link)
Brussels, 12 May 2006 COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DELIVERING ON THE MODERNISATION AGENDA FOR UNIVERSITIES: EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Full...
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Agenda of the Working Party "Transport  Intermodal Questions and Networks"/Working Party on Land Transport, 16 May 2006
Brussels, 12 May 2006 Full text of Document 1701/1/06 Revision 01 1. Proposal for a Council decision on the signing of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)...
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Provisional Agenda of the 1282nd Meeting of the Special Committee on Agriculture on 15 May 2006
Brussels, 12 May 2006 Full text of Document 9268/06 Suite of documents 9268/06 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Proposals for Council Regulations - on organic production and labelling of organic products...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 15 May 2006
Brussels, 12 May 2006 Full text of Document 1751/06 1. Delivering on the modernisation agenda for universities: Education, Research and Innovation - Presentation of Commission communication 2. A.O.B...
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Today's news
Chinese university sacks dean over 'faked' research A Chinese university has dismissed one of its deans for allegedly faking research results in computer chip technology. Jiaotong University, in...
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V-cs start to dock pay
Academics face a "painful and nasty" summer term after union leaders this week rejected a 12.6 per cent pay offer and vice-chancellors hit back with moves to dock the salaries of those taking part in...
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Flying off the shelves faster than Dan Brown
A British academic has sold more than 100 million copies of his English textbook, equivalent to twice the global sales of Dan Brown's blockbuster The Da Vinci Code . But unlike Mr Brown, who became a...
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'I've had third-year students ask: 'is it ok to put bullet points in an essay?'
Lin Norton's own Damascene conversion to fully engaged learning informs her pedagogical research. Is higher education becoming a pseudo-experience? Lin Norton, professor of pedagogical research at...
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On the move...
* Oxford University has appointed Ewan McKendrick , professor of English private law, its next pro vice-chancellor for research, academic services and university collections. He succeeds Nigel Thrift...
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Open day talk brings job to a close
A London School of Economics academic who told prospective students at an open day that they might be better off studying at London Metropolitan University is to resign. Erik Ringmar, a senior...
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Time for the simple truth
Science must explain its work to public or risk regulation, says Royal Society. Scientists may find themselves constrained by a new regulatory body if they do not think harder about how they present...
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Weapon of maths instruction in War on Terror
A mathematician at Stanford University is waging war on terrorists - using algebra to help unravel al-Qaeda networks, writes Anna Fazackerley. Jonathan Farley, a science fellow at Stanford's Centre...
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Next week
Degrees of confidence? Can universities maintain the integrity of their degrees as the boycott of exams and assessments starts to bite?
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Sussex reconsiders
Sussex University is to consider further the future of chemistry at the institution after an internal review proposed keeping the subject and investing more in it. Sussex vice-chancellor Alasdair...