Brussels, 09 Jan 2003 'We should not entrust our destiny to the United States, we have to do something here: boost research, development and technology,' Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis has said...
Brussels, 09 Jan 2003 Full text of Document 289/02 Subject: Draft Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action E35 " Fracture...
Wreck off Mull yields 17th-century cannon Archaeologists from the University of St Andrews have discovered a 17th-century iron cannon, thought to be the only one of its kind still in existence, in...
72% of academics oppose top-up fees An exclusive poll in today's Times Higher Education Supplement reveals the overwhelming opposition of higher education staff to top-up fees. Read the full story on...
Recruitment to part-time degree courses is booming in Welsh higher education but institutions are struggling to attract part-time and full-time postgraduate researchers, funding council figures show...
Academic opposition to top-up fees is overwhelming and still growing, according to the first poll of higher education staff since it became clear that students face increased charges. A THES survey...
Universities and colleges north of the border may be in for a shock in this year's grant letters. Their two funding councils cannot guarantee more money, but they are promising lucid prose. The...
Nigel Dacre knows a thing or two about the media, so the managers at the London School of Printing who lured the former ITV news supremo to run their prestigious media school could be forgiven for...
Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, who as Peter Brooke was Conservative higher education minister, secretary of state for Northern Ireland and chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust, will...
The government's higher education review paper, expected to be published in the next ten days, will be "radical" and "highly contentious", higher education minister Margaret Hodge told academics and...
Plans to axe PhD funding to departments that did badly in the research assessment exercise are being reconsidered by the funding councils following an outcry from some post-1992 universities. In a...
Plans to scrap traditional degree classifications were bolstered this week by figures showing a record increase in the number of first and upper-second class degrees awarded. Provisional figures...
The School of Law at the University of Westminster is one of the most highly rated in the country, gaining a 5 in the latest research assessment exercise. The views of the head of law, Andy Boon,...
News Loan arranger: the student loans company moves up a gear Features Religious cults and science: what is the attraction? Postgraduate mental health: is enough being done to support PhD students?...
Caroline Davis reports on how we measure up to the challenge of innovation. The UK has a distinguished history of groundbreaking research in chemistry and an excellent international reputation for...