The doors to the mainstream are shut to pioneers
With the UK academy still reluctant to give recognition to black academics and black studies, Mandy Garner asked a group of academics why change has been so slow in coming and how things might be...
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Why do we go abroad? There are no opportunities for us in Britain
Mark Christian, who has left for the US, argues that the UK's lack of a multicultural curriculum has caused an exodus The British higher education system still has some way to go before it is...
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Alternative kind of guy whips it up in the US
Theorist Michael Hardt may be one of the Left's latest academic poster boys, but Rob Singh is unimpressed In the world of Michael Hardt and his co-author Antonio Negri, the glass is neither half full...
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How will history judge Prime Minister Tony Blair?
He may serve one more term, but when Labour's leader finally does step down, will he leave much of a legacy? Huw Richards asks Tony Giddens and Helena Kennedy in a preview to the first in a series of...
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Renewable energy sector calls for FP7 budget line of 250 million euro
Brussels, 02 Mar 2005 Europe's renewable energy community has become the latest group to lobby for increased research and development (R&D) funding in the next EU research programme, the...
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France calls for international centre to combat bioterrorism
Brussels, 02 Mar 2005 French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for efforts to improve the security of laboratories working with potentially dangerous substances, as well as an...
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EU to overtake US in ICT growth
Brussels, 02 Mar 2005 The EU ICT (information and communications technologies) market is expected to overtake that of the US and Japan thanks to a growth rate of four per cent in 2005, compared to 3....
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Winners of 2005 Dan David Prize announced
Brussels, 02 Mar 2005 The winners of the 2005 Dan David Prize have been announced, this year coming from the UK, Israel, the US and India. Every year the US$1 million (0.76 million euro) prize is...
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IST in FP6 workshop
Brussels, 02 Mar 2005 The Riga Technical University is organising a workshop entitled 'IST 6th Framework programme - great opportunity for cooperation and collaboration', to take place on 6 and 7...
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Today's news
University applications to come after A-level results Students will apply to university after they have taken A-levels in a major shake-up of higher education policy, the Government has revealed....
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Latest research news
Nanoscopic 'ruler' could provide microchip benchmark A nanoscopic measuring device that uses atomic lattices to gauge tiny distances could enable microelectronics engineers to build better components...
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GALILEO: a new stage in the concession procedure
Brussels, 1st March 2005 The European Commission has noted the Galileo Joint Undertaking’s decision to start negotiations with the two remaining candidates on the concession agreement. This...
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Korea to pursue Galileo partnership
Brussels, 01 Mar 2005 South Korea is to pursue participation in the EU's Galileo satellite navigation project, and will send a formal letter of intent in the spring. The government decision was made...
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Presidency Report on the Contribution of the Competitiveness Council to the Spring European Council on the Mid Term Review of the Lisbon Strategy (link)
Brussels, 01 Mar 2005 Full text of Document 6753/05 Suite of documents 6753/05 No. Prev. doc. 6453/1/05 REV 1 COMPET 28 MI 18 IND 11 RECH 33 ECOFIN 45 SOC 64 AG 8 EDUC 22 ENV 72 No. Cion doc.: 5990/...
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Europe must do more than compare results tables to meet Lisbon goals, says Belgium
Brussels, 01 Mar 2005 Belgium has prepared a paper on reviving EU competitiveness for discussion at the European Council in March. The paper - 'A European 'pentathlon': A Community growth strategy...