Highlands plan goes forward
The University of the Highlands and Islands project this week unveiled its blueprint strategy to win university status by 2001, writes Olga Wojtas. Its consultative document sets a deadline of...
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Heavy metal for the data age
Stephen Quigley celebrates the creation of the first working stored-program computer "May 6th 1949. Machine in operation for first time. Printed a table of squares (0-99), time for programme 2 mins,...
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Firms 'need digital creativity'
If you want your business to succeed, make creative use of the new digital media. That is the latest word from James Short, associate professor at the London Business School and guru of the early-...
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Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU
Brussels, 01 July 2002 Question and Answers on the regulation of GMOs in the EU This questions and answers fact sheet is divided into two sections; Part A covers legislation in force; Part B covers...
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FEFC chair: we must be open
The new chairman of the Further Education Funding Council expects "early action from the government on the issue of governance", writes Phil Baty. Lord Bryan Davies said: "I expect more local...
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War on 'superbugs'
Ian Chopra on developments at Leeds's Antimicrobial Research Centre Before the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s many people died from bacterial infections. The advent of antibiotics...
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A flock of exotic birds in South Kensington
A Grand Design - Vision and Accident
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The spin-off and win game
Scottish universities are profiting handsomely by commercialising their research. Olga Wojtas reports. SCOTLAND'S higher education institutions earn more than Pounds 6.7 million a year from...
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Danes unveil research plan
Danish research should in future concentrate on the environment, health, information technology, the social sciences, the arts and other areas that will ensure sustainable development based on...
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`This is a time for broad thinking'
The Economic and Social Research Council has identified nine key themes to guide it into the next millennium. Kam Patel reports Nine research themes, ranging from the behaviour of the national and...
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A 'soft' future of chipped lettuces
New Rules for the New Economy - 10 Ways the Network Economy is Changing Everything
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Why are there top dogs in global science?
In the run up to Unesco's World Conference on Science, Tom Phelan and Stephen Cole discuss their research on national variations in scientific productivity It is clear that a relatively small group...
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Source for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk. BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL www...
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How to ... Spread the word on best practice
WHAT A new, round-the-clock information network aims to get best teaching practice to all who need it, writes Cliff Allan WHY Too often, research is not disseminated and remains within the circle of...
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The tanks that think
Simon Midgley reports on Demos in the latest in our series on intelligence units Demos, an independent think tank, was set up in 1993 to help reinvigorate public policy and political thinking. Geoff...