Copenhagen, 07 Nov 2002 Parliament - Council Conciliation Committee Agreement on the banning of animal testing for cosmetics The Council and the European Parliament, meeting in the Conciliation...
Paris, 07 Nov 2002 Ask educators from across Europe what they think about the new Eduspace website and teaching Earth observation in secondary schools. You may be surprised at the answers. For...
UK is top European spender on books, music and videos Britons are the biggest spenders on books, music, videos and DVDs in Europe, according to new research. The UK boasts the highest rates...
University top-up fees opposed by 75% of parents Two thirds of university vice-chancellors are either in favour of charging higher tuition fees or view them as inevitable, a survey has found. But...
Two-thirds of UK vice-chancellors are in favour of charging higher tuition fees or view them as inevitable, according to a poll by The THES . The results reveal a major shift in favour of top-up fees...
Parents, it seems, are delighted when their children head off to university because they can get their hands on some additional living space. According to a survey commissioned by the Staples office-...
* Glasgow University's education faculty has bowed to a demand for a second review by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council after a confidential first review revealed it was beset by...
Rodin's Thinker, an apple and a lightbulb have proved a winning combination for Oxford Brookes University. The library used the images in a freshers' week "inspiration campaign" to promote its...
* Staff at the University of Newcastle are being offered a Christmas present of an extra day's holiday this year as a thank you for boosting income to a record £200 million. The university said its...
* Too much of the higher education agenda is driven by a "highly vocal minority" of institutions, higher education college leaders said this week. John Cater, chairman of the Standing Conference of...
* A chemical leak at Wolverhampton University led to the evacuation of 500 staff and students from its school of computing and information technology on Monday. Eight people working in the school's...
* Universities and research institutes in East Anglia stand to benefit from a £4 million fund for enterprise. The Iceni fund comprises £1 million from the Department of Trade and Industry's...
* The Wellcome Trust has set up a £4 million programme on biomedical research ethics for developing countries. The scheme was launched this week at the World Congress of the International Association...
* British subject centres are forging links with their transatlantic cousins to exchange ideas on widening participation in higher education and its implications for teaching. Representatives from 12...
* Scotland's colleges and universities have access to an interactive national website to keep them informed about skills shortages. Iain Gray, Scotland's enterprise, transport and lifelong learning...