In the news: Keith O'Nions
Sir Keith O'Nions, chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of Defence, will launch into a different sort of battle in January when he takes over as director-general of the research councils. The...
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European Space Policy Frequently Asked Questions
Bruxelles, le 24 June 2003 Today in Paris, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin presented the main results of the consultation on the Green Paper on European Space Policy, launched on...
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Why I... think it is vital that academics put up a fight against casualisation
One of the main issues facing young academics is the increasing casualisation of the higher education workforce. But the emphasis that current education policy places on creating a "flexible...
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Competitiveness and Innovation, Council Conclusions (Extract from: Provisional Version, 17 May, Competitiveness Council)
Brussels, 17 May 2004 The Council had a public debate on issues summarised by Commissioners LIIKANEN , MONTI and BUSQUIN on the basis of the recent Commission communications covering aspects of...
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Potocnik calls for a 'Knowledge for Growth Pact' to complement Stability Pact
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In his first public speech as the new Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik called for a renewed commitment to research, innovation and education in order to...
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Online marketplace for innovative textiles created by FP5 project
Brussels, Oct 2004 The 'Inneurotex' project, funded under the innovation and small and medium sized enterprises section of the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) has created an online marketplace for...
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Aeronautics - Academic vision under discussion during Berlin Air Show
Brussels, 02 Jun 2004 On 12-13 May 2004 in Berlin, university scientists and industrial representatives gathered to exchange views and plot the way forward in aeronautical research. The workshop,...
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New projects may lose out on cash
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week set out the largest sustained increase in science spending for a generation, yet research leaders warned there would be very little money left over for new research...
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'As a student, I was on the front line. I soon realised just how important universities were for Islamist groups: for young people eager for new ideas they provided an environment far removed from the
Shiraz Maher, a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says universities have been wilfully blind to extremist groups recruiting on campus, where they enjoy freedom to operate away from...
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Skills are the business
The article "Business will pay if courses meet needs" ( THES, March 28) bears little relevance to the accompanying photograph of student engineers with a racing car they built in six months as part...
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Skills flagship fails to inspire
The government's skills strategy came under fire this week as figures revealed that success rates among students on modern apprenticeship programmes have in some cases fallen to as low as 16 per cent...
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RDAs 'slow down tech transfer'
Excessive bureaucracy in Regional Development Agencies is threatening to slow down knowledge transfer, universities warned the Lords science and technology committee this week. The government's white...
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Twenty year Anglo-Italian science partnership to continue
Brussels, 01 Jun 2004 Cooperation between Italy's National Research Council (CNR) and the UK's Council for Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), which was first forged 20 years ago, is...
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Home Grown Cereals Authority
Deadline: 31/12/2049
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'We should stop running away from the past'
An unwillingness to confront the legacy of slavery harms the prospects of black males, says the first African-American head of an Ivy League university. David Jobbins meets her. Almost 200 years...