Greens want FP7 funding for alternative medicine
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The Greens and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament have called for a stronger homeopathy presence in Europe and urged the Commission to fund research into...
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The Greens and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament have called for a stronger homeopathy presence in Europe and urged the Commission to fund research into...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 A team of EU-backed scientists from across Europe and China have identified a number of promising anti-SARS compounds. One of which is a treatment for schizophrenia first...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 An initiative designed to assist European information and communication technologies (ICT) researchers wishing to find project partners in India has been launched. The scheme is...
Southampton fire expected to cost ?50m The bill for damage caused by a fire that wrecked a leading computer and electronics research facility at Southampton University is likely to reach ?50 million...
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The pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech are being undermined by campus activists, writes Daphne Patai Nothing is as destructive to higher education as threats from within - threats that derive...
Lecturers target MPs over terror bill The Association of University Teachers is today lobbying MPs as the terror bill gets its second reading in the House of Commons, warning that the legislation...
Magnetic fields set senses tingling Patients who suffer a stroke could get their movement and feeling back with the helping hand of magnetic pulses fired at their brains, according to new research....
Asian students flocking to Australia Australia is growing in popularity among Asian students, while the UK and the US are losing ground as the place to study for a degree, claims an international...
Two Strathclyde University professors have put their money where their mouths are to fund a scholarship for a master of international management course being launched in autumn. Neil Hood (pictured...
You report in "Asian studies cuts may hit anti-terrorism effort" ( THES, July 11) that sweeping cutbacks in East Asian studies are in the offing. Leeds University is cited as cutting two posts in...
I am struck by the low number of research submissions, relative to other university subjects, for area studies of regions such as the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Given their...
Harriet Swain says media studies reading lists are forever playing catch-up with trends, but James Curran and Jean Seaton have cracked the canon One book has proved a staple in the study of...
If drizzly old Blighty is getting you down, get networking and do your homework on research hot spots. But don't plan for a one-way overseas trip - you may want to come home, says Harriet Swain...
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) issued its annual World Investment Report (WIR) on 29 September. WIR 2005 includes UNCTAD's first-ever survey on...