The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off
Howard Davies on an industrial strategy that could help the Third World catch up with the West
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A Lasting Legacy: The House and Collection of Victor Skipp
An exhibition built around the collection of a historian and art hoarder reveals his boundless capacity for seeing things, Alexander Massouras finds
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STEM growth, SWAN song
The Campaign for Science and Engineering warmly welcomes the announcement made by David Willetts, the universities and science minister, during his speech at the Conservative Party conference of...
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News in brief - 19 September 2013
TaiwanWrong formula for libelA court has dismissed a libel case against an academic whose research suggested that emissions from an industrial conglomerate’s chemical plants had raised cancer rates...
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Appointments - 19 September 2013
University of WolverhamptonGary Sheffield“I’ve been interested in military history for almost as long as I can remember,” said Gary Sheffield, who has been appointed professor of war studies at the...
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Imperial considers REF trade-off between quality and quantity
Minutes suggest the pros and cons of strategies for submission
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Poland: growth stalls in an academy overdue for reform
Solutions to demographic, quality and employability issues needed for a sector slow to adapt to globalisation
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Less than zero: Ursula Huws on when capitalism quit caring for workers
The Cold War’s end and the internet’s rise freed employers to go global, leaving workers worldwide wobbling, says Ursula Huws
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How zero-hours won the world
When employers were freed go global, workers worldwide wobbled, says Ursula Huws
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London is another planet
The capital’s lure is irresistible, but with its unique attractions come unique challenges
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Welcome for capital increase but fears over frozen research spending
The capital budget for science will be increased to £1.1 billion in 2015-16 and maintained in real terms until the end of the decade, the chancellor George Osborne has announced.
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Armed with Expertise: The Militarization of American Social Research during the Cold War, by Joy Rohde
Michael Patrick Cullinane on the military-academic complex
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Student loan forecasts ‘consistently’ wrong, says NAO
Ministers have been accused of “industrial scale incompetence” after a damning report on student loans was released by the public spending watchdog
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Risk Savvy: How To Make Good Decisions, by Gerd Gigerenzer
A good grasp of basic statistics will help us to make the right life choices, finds Omar Malik
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GSM industry welcomes Commission call for increased ICT investment
Brussels, 09 Feb 2004 GSM Europe, an interest group representing 143 mobile operating companies, has applauded a recent communication from the Commission aimed at boosting investment in the...