Brussels, 17 Oct 2003 A half day workshop on the use of web-based platforms to manage communication and information sharing within large projects under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will take...
Brussels, 17 Oct 2003 An international conference on space cognition, scientific research and application will take place from 24 to November in Rome, Italy. The conference, which is a concluding...
Paris, 17 Oct 2003 The Galileo Joint Undertaking is officially issuing a first invitation to tender for the Galileo Concession. The invitation is published today in the Official Journal of the...
Paris, 17 Oct 2003 On 19 October 30 cars will be jostling for position at the start of the 7th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, Australia. After winning in 2001 with Nuna I, the Nuon Solar Team, from...
Paris, 17 Oct 2003 The Cervantes mission, with European Space Agency astronaut Pedro Duque, and the ISS Expedition 8 crew lifted off today in Soyuz TMA-3 on flight 7S to the International Space...
Deadline: 28/11/2003
The vast majority of students will pay the same for a degree regardless of where they study if top-up fees are introduced, according to a survey by The THES . The findings imply that the proposed...
The cost of attacks against genetically modified-crop trials emerged this week as more British plant scientists left the country to pursue their work abroad unmolested. Institutes say attacks damage...
Wendy Hall is a woman in a man's world. She was the first female professor of engineering at Southampton University and is the only female member of the council of the Royal Academy of Engineering....
* Ron Ritchie, former head of department for professional development at Bath Spa University College, has been named dean of the faculty of education at the University of the West of England. * Terry...
Oxford University vice-chancellor Sir Colin Lucas fuelled speculation that his institution could go private and charge tuition fees of up to £15,000 a year with a critique of the government's vision...
An Edinburgh University academic may become the first woman to break through the Church of Scotland's so-called stained-glass ceiling later this month. Alison Elliot, associate director of Edinburgh...
Many universities will struggle to recruit high-calibre senior staff unless they can offer better cash incentives and more job satisfaction, a national survey has found. Institutions outside the top...
The Association of University Teachers could be left to fight alone for a better pay deal as public-sector union Unison joined the Transport and General Workers Union in accepting a pay offer this...
A senior business adviser has questioned whether universities are doing enough to exploit their links with the private sector. Colin Horwath, a senior partner at corporate services company KPMG, told...