Brussels, 28 February 2002 The sixth European space power conference (espc-2002) will take place in Porto, Portugal, from 6 to 10 May 2002. The event, sponsored by the European space agency (ESA) in...
Paris, 28 February 2002 Ariane 5 and Envisat's roll-out seemed to go without a hitch but around 6 pm local time an anomaly with the venting at the level of the Vehicle Equipment Bay was discovered....
Brussels, 28 February 2002 GALILEO ­ draft Council Conclusions. Note from Presidency to Delegations. Brussels, 22 February 2002 (document 6576/02 AVIATION 31 MAR 22 TRANS 63 RECH 44). Full...
Hundreds of students at the University of Wolverhampton's law school were given the wrong exam results, with dozens incorrectly told they had failed, just months after The THES reported on exam and...
Extreme storms on the brink of unleashing tornadoes, hail and severe gales betray their intentions with tell-tale lightning signatures, a study has found. Nasa scientists believe that an automated...
Unexpected links between the innate immune system and metamorphosis in invertebrates have provided scientists with glimpses of some of evolution's most significant milestones in the fight against...
Welsh academics have condemned proposals for sweeping reforms to the higher education system, writes Tony Tysome. A survey of professors, lecturers, researchers and administrators by the Association...
Universities Scotland has condemned a new condition for grants from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council as "heavy-handed and unnecessary". The Scottish principals have long complained that...
Universities want the freedom to charge top-up fees and fear that the government's student-support review could rule them out. Universities UK has warned the government that any proposed graduate tax...
News Higher education funding allocations; Analysis: Pot (peer observation teaching) pushed on quality agenda Features Robert Wintemute argues that partnership rights are human rights Plus:Priced out...
Employer demand for graduates rises Employers' skills demands are rising quickly, according to a survey commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills from the ESRC Research Centre on Skills...
Students are being priced out of London and the capital's universities are in danger of becoming polarised as a result, says a study for the Greater London Authority. Claire Callender, professor of...
Student union leaders have dismissed last week's mass protest by the National Union of Students as a waste of time. Darius Laws, external affairs officer at Lincoln University's students union, said...
It will cost more than £750 million to recruit the minimum of 22,000 new lecturers needed to hit the government's higher education expansion target by 2010, according to the Association of University...
Projects scoop £20m in technology awards The first projects sharing £20 million in the cross-research council Basic Technology Programme were announced this week. The government gave £41 million for...