The growth in the UK music industry has fuelled a massive increase in degree courses covering all aspects of the pop business. Cynics may say that talent can't be taught but, reports Tony Tysome,...
This year's AAAS conference covers everything from geometry jokes to science on the box, the atrocities of September 11 and bioterrorism. As with most conferences in the United States today, the...
This year's AAAS conference covers everything from geometry jokes to science on the box, the atrocities of September 11 and bioterrorism. John Allen Paulos is a man with a mission. It is one that, if...
This year's AAAS conference covers everything from geometry jokes to science on the box, the atrocities of September 11 and bioterrorism. What academics call "interdisciplinary" practice has long...
A race row has erupted in the US after a run-in between colleagues at Harvard. Stephen Phillips reports Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, hit a raw nerve when he met the Ivy League...
Brussels, 13 February 2002 Finland has gained first place in a new environmental benchmarking report presented by Colombia and Yale Universities at the annual meeting of the World economic forum in...
Brussels, 13 February 2002 Belgian scientists have announced that global warming, caused by increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, will slow the Earth's rotation and result in longer days for...
Brussels, 13 February 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is launching a redesigned service dedicated to national and EU-funded research and...
Brussels, 13 February 2002 'Fellows for industry', an initiative supported by the European Commission which facilitates the access of EU academics to SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises), is...
Brussels, 13 February 2002 'Partners for life', the European life sciences network for SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises), has prepared a new catalogue for finding partners and submitting...
PM congratulates Welsh on reintroduction of grants Tony Blair congratulated the Welsh Assembly on the reintroduction of means-tested student grants during prime minister's question time yesterday. He...
Brussels, 12 February 2002 The commercial success of e-learning techniques has not been accompanied by the same optimism by the teachers and educational staff who use it, according to two new surveys...
Brussels, 12 February 2002 The European Commission has adopted the 2002 "eEurope Benchmarking Report", a communication providing a detailed snapshot of the development of the European Information...
BNP free to recruit on Greenwich campus Greenwich University says it is powerless to prevent members of the British National Party from recruiting on its campus. Following reports that a Greenwich...
Brussels, 12 February 2002 European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research - COST Secretariat. Note: Certain aspects of COST. Brussels, 8 February 2002 (document COST 211/02)....