Blame it on the fall guy
Peep stumbled over a surprisingly interesting paragraph in the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association health and safety report. It claims that the number of slips, trips and falls in higher...
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One small child and a mother of a row
As argument rages over the rights and wrongs of Madonna's Malawi adoption, Pat Caplan searches beyond the headlines for a little more cultural understanding. The British press has had a feeding...
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Leave those in the know to manage the show
The US experience suggests that ceding control of universities to boards of outsiders is a mistake, writes Brian Leftow. A short while ago, I asked a number of US academics if they could tell me...
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A true measure of displeasure
Politicians' obsession with statistics and tables reveals little and delivers less, argues Susan Bassnett Not a week goes by without me being sent another set of "meaningful" figures. I am fed up...
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Be aware of the paperless trail
Firing off an an e-mail may be a quick and easy way to communicate with a group of people but remember, a hastily written missive may just come back to haunt you, warns Harriet Swain. Hi guys. What's...
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Let the wonderful moments roll
Name : Sandra Griffiths. Age: 57. Jobs: Senior lecturer in education at Ulster University and National Teaching Fellow. As president of the All-Ireland Society for Higher Education I work with staff...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am head of a small department in an old university. I have recently had requests to...
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Research team kicks off science jobs drive
Liverpool's £17m revamp aims to tempt chemists North, reports Anthea Lipsett. Liverpool University has lured a team of leading international chemists to Merseyside in an effort to put itself on the...
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Who's in, who's out?
Newport Jonathan Liu is well aware that his new role - associate dean for research and enterprise at the University of Wales, Newport - involves the tricky task of marrying two cultures. He said: "...
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Birkbeck seeks new blood as options grow
Birkbeck, University of London, is looking for dozens of part-time sessional lecturers in fields as diverse as archaeology and world arts to deliver its growing number of adult education courses. New...
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Files on GOCE mission, ESA's first satellite dedicated to measuring Earth's gravity
Paris, 8 November 2006 The GOCE mission, due to be launched in 2007, is ESA's first satellite dedicated to measuring the Earth's gravity Vodcast http:///esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/ esc/esapod....
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Mercury's silhouette as it passes between Sun and Earth
Paris, 8 November 2006 Mercury's silhouette on 8 November http:///www.esa.int/export/esaCP/SEMPIC0C YTE_index_0.html European Space Agency http:///www.esa.int/export/esaCP/index.ht ml
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House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's report on scientific advice, risk and evidence-based policy making
London, 8 November 2006 Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence Based Policy Making Volume I http:///www.publications.parliament.uk/pa /cm200506/cmselect/cmsctech/900/900-i.pd f Volume II - Oral and...
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Researchers offer hope of cure for muscle wasting
Brussels, 8 November 2006 Researchers offer hope of cure for muscle wasting http:///cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_ NEWS&ACTION=D&SESSION=&RCN=26620 CORDIS RTD-NEWS/© European...
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Finalised text of common position on prevention, control and eradication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, revised introductory note
Brussels, 8 November 2006 Full text of Document 14224/06 Subject: COMMON POSITION adopted by the Council with a view to the adoption of a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council...