A fine measuring tool
A five-layered 'footprint' for assessing engineering research excellence may be invaluable in other sciences, writes Jennifer Gristock A new approach to research assessment was unveiled this week by...
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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Robespierre is all the rage in America
The Roaring Nineties - The Great Unravelling
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Task force to review qualifications
Scotland's Knowledge Economy Task Force, set up by enterprise and lifelong learning minister Henry McLeish, is set to debate whether higher education should include inbuilt professional accreditation...
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Institutions join bid for NHS contracts
A consortium of universities, National Health Service trusts and small businesses are poised to bid for education and training contracts in health informatics - the use of information within the...
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Analysis: Why the smart cash is not so clever
The Russell Group has made all the right moves so far as the research assessment exercise is concerned, but its financial tactics may not make long-term business sense. Alison Goddard reports...
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Work experience gets a cash carrot
A pot of new cash to develop business and community links will reward institutions with good graduate employment records. The Higher Education Reach-Out to Business and Community Fund will eventually...
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New-Tech Society: Why China's great firewall may not be so great after all
In a six-page special, The THES looks at the impact of new technology on our society and the degree to which we control it or it has come to control us. There is growing political and commercial...
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Participation in and dissemination of research results: draft parliamentary report
Brussels, 7 June 2002 Report on the amended proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and...
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Coshep lauds value of Scottish research
Kymata, a spin-off company from Glasgow University, could ease the global communications traffic jam and bring down costs. Its work on planar optoelectronics has produced a system that can "funnel"...
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Our world not beyond repair
Globalisation and its Discontents
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Literary sense left for political points
The Politics of Jane Austen
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WHY I... agreed to go back to university - this time at Luton
Lembit Opik: Liberal Democrat MP for Montgomeryshire and a graduate of Bristol University. At the Sharp End airs at 7.30pm, 19 January on BBC2. Few people even know Luton has a university, never mind...
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Pots of gold at the end of regional rainbows
Rich rewards are waiting for higher education institutions that plug into industry and play their part fully in regional development, says Richard Brown Involving higher education more in local...
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If one sees an haitch, drop it
The New Elites