From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists at the University of Trento in Italy describe how they have discovered a way to draw something approaching a laser-like emission from silicon Researchers from the...
FINANCIAL TIMES Scientists at the University of Trento in Italy describe how they have discovered a way to draw something approaching a laser-like emission from silicon Researchers from the...
Deadline: 12/01/2001
Putin shows largesse Russian president Vladimir Putin doubled the size of presidential scholarships for promising students in an impromptu announcement during a visit to Moscow's Bauman State...
£252m boost for genomics and technology Trade and industry secretary Stephen Byers earmarked £252 million today for research in genomics, e-science and basic technology over three years....
FINANCIAL TIMES John Kay reveals the confused power structure that mires Oxford University in frustrating muddles and indecision. Della Bradshaw and Jim Kelly say that Oxford overcame controversy to...
Sex firewall prompts name change Philadelphia’s Beaver College is to rename itself Arcadia University next July after discovering that internet systems designed to screen out sexually...
£1 billion boost for UK colleges Education secretary David Blunkett has announced a £1 billion fillip for UK further education colleges to promote centres of excellence in vocational...
THE GUARDIAN Leaders of sections of the Iranian national student movement, which was largely responsible for Mohammad Khatami's rise to power, have declared his presidency a failure and are vowing to...
University of Lancaster Barbara Maher , formerly at the University of East Anglia is to be appointed a chair in physical geography. Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College Mark...
University of the West of England Stephen Brown has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the development of the Family Division of the High...
Funding packages target poor Students from low-income families will benefit from two packages announced today. A £1.7 million scheme funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland will help improve...
More Britons choose a US education The number of UK students enrolled at US universities has reached a high of 8,046, up 2.9 per cent on 1998-99. But enrolments from other countries have risen faster...
FINANCIAL TIMES Instituto de Empresa in Madrid is launching an international executive MBA with an online component The American business school accreditation body has integrated its global arm into...
FINANCIAL TIMES A "memory pill" that could repair the ability of our brains to learn and remember may be available within a decade, according to scientists from the Wolfson Institute of Biomedical...