Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
Brussels, 14 November 2005 Natural and manmade catastrophes in Europe, America, Asia and Africa, coupled with increased security needs, have further reinforced the case for improved monitoring...
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Two Davids divided on tuition money
Conservative Party leadership contenders David Davis and David Cameron go head-to-head, with clear differences emerging in their views on top-up fees and the funding of higher education David Davis...
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FP6 project coordinates mobile and wireless research worldwide
Brussels, 04 Apr 2005 The European Commission is financing a project aimed at ensuring that European research on mobile and wireless communication continues to be the motor for the research and...
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Transatlantic and European comparisons in the UK's 2005 R&D Scoreboard (link)
Brussels, 03 Nov 2005 Only those companies that constantly seek to improve and innovate will be in a position to grasp the major opportunities that increasing globalisation offers, while research...
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Giants of the US face contenders from all corners
The ability of institutions in Europe and Asia to attract and fund world-class research teams is cutting into America's monopoly on innovation in areas such as bioscience, discovers Martin Ince North...
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Europe fights new TB on the rise in former Soviet Union
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Europe's first anti-tuberculosis centre, aimed at combating the spread of a new multi-drug resistant strain of the disease, opened in Riga, Latvia on 22 November. The official...
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Life, death and the lie of the land
Royal Siamese Maps
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Nobel Prize winners share views on future of research with Commission
Brussels, 16 Mar 2005 Research must be a top priority, but must be carried out in a truly European way and not be based on the US model, said Commission President José Manuel Barroso after...
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Today's news
Triple whammy of changes to visas 'will deter students' Universities condemned as wholly unjust yesterday government plans to deny the right of appeal to foreign students whose visa applications have...
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Supply of Arabic teachers impeded as demand soars
World events have fuelled growing demand for Arabic language courses at American universities, but visa restrictions have created a shortage of people who can teach it, writes Jon Marcus in Boston....
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Commission report Life Sciences And Biotechnology ? A Strategy for Europe: Third Progress Report and Future Orientations (link)
Brussels, 29 Jun 2005 Report From The Commission To The European Parliament, The Council, The Committee Of The Regions And The European Economic And Social Committee Life Sciences And Biotechnology...
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Brisbane
Queensland, Australia, plans to invest Aus$0 million (Pounds 108 million) over ten years to make the state the "biotechnology hub of the Asia Pacific region". Aus$20 million is earmarked for new...
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Unity urged for African revival
South Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has called on African universities to raise their voices on the continental stage to assist development and respond to unprecedented support from developed...
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Student living is priciest in Britain
Overseas students are getting better at finding the best deal. As a result, Geoff Maslen reports, the UK risks losing out to cheaper competitors Britain has the highest living costs among the main...
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Leader: A healthy map of academic rivalry
The Times Higher 's first world ranking of universities is sure to have its critics: every league table does. But this is an idea whose time has come. Richard Lambert said so in his report on...