Scientists aim to jet propel sailors to Olympic glory
British scientists claim to have discovered how their country can win more Olympic gold medals in sailing. Physicists from University College London and Reading University have uncovered the...
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Student poll is 'not valid'
The Government's flagship national poll of student satisfaction was declared invalid this week by leading members of the steering group that helped design the survey. Harvey Goldstein, professor of...
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UK risks lead in stem cells, warns expert
The UK's reputation for world-class research and its ability to retain pioneers in key areas of science will collapse unless acute funding problems are resolved, a top stem-cell researcher who is...
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V-c slams tribunal 'Catch-22'
London South Bank University has wasted a "prodigious amount of money" defending itself against tribunal cases that had little chance of succeeding, according to Deian Hopkin, the vice-chancellor....
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Harvard rules the medical world
Australia is the surprising second power after the US in 2005, says Martin Ince Harvard Medical School is still the world's best, according to our expert peer review panel of medical researchers. For...
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Americans dominate non-university sector
The data on the world's most productive institutions for medical research outside the university sector for 2005 differ significantly from last year's data because the threshold of 5,000 papers has...
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Salary rises to come at a price
Beleaguered scientific researchers will get a fivefold pay rise after the Russian Academy of Science reached an agreement with the Prime Minister, Mikhail Fradkov. The deal, which is expected to be...
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Paris
Post-1970 universities are facing "late development" problems in building their research capacity, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Universities' public...
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Maastricht
A team from Maastricht University is to compete in the New York marathon next month to raise money for a scholarship fund at the Netherlands university for masters students from non-European Union...
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Poitiers
The University of Poitiers last week inaugurated France's first Confucius Institute, the latest in China's programme to promote Chinese language and culture throughout the world.
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Voronezh
Russia's ministry of foreign affairs has announced an investigation into the death of a Peruvian student at Voronezh State University, the second international student to be killed in the city in...
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Pristina
Education experts and politicians in Kosovo are discussing the creation of a qualifications authority to set guidelines in higher education across the United Nations protectorate.
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Italy takes down nepotists...
Italy's Conservative Government is bulldozing through radical reforms to the system under which academics are recruited and employed. Letizia Moratti, the Education Minister, said the aim was to...
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...as Finns up ante for foreign stars
The Finnish Academy and Tekes, the technology research body, will launch a programme in December aimed at attracting top researchers from abroad. The project, which will run until at least 2010, will...
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French research rejig gets lukewarm reception
Ministers have put forward long-awaited reforms aimed at improving the international standing of French research, making scientific careers more attractive and promoting co-operation between the...