Who's in who's out?
Lancaster John Schad will leave Loughborough University to become professor of modern literature at Lancaster University in September. As the author of a forthcoming experimental book on Jacques...
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'Dinosaur' economists must lose 'dismal' image
Economics departments need to review old-fashioned teaching methods and shake off the discipline's image as stuffy and boring, a report says. A number of academics who took part in a telephone survey...
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List of grants awarded by Intelligent Energy Executive Agency in 2005 (link)
Brussels, 15 June 2006 Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme List of grants awarded by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency in 2005 DG Transport and Energy Item source
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MEPs back €50bn programme for research and development
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 The EU will spend a greater proportion of its budget on research and development following the adoption of a report on the 7th Framework Programme. Although MEPs would have...
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Commission Vice-President Jacques Barrot: L’Europe spatiale en marche International -- Independant Institute for Space & Satellite Solutions
Paris, le 15 juin 2006 Laissez-moi tout d’abord vous remercier de m’avoir invité aujourd’hui à vous parler de la politique spatiale europ&...
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PAMELA to unravel secrets of antimatter and dark matter
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 PAMELA, (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) was launched on the morning of 15 June in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The satellite, an EU-funded...
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European conference on engineering failure analysis -- 3 to 7 July in Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 The 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16) will take place from 3 to 7 July in Alexandroupolis, Greece. The event will focus on all aspects of structural integrity with...
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Robots bring science and society one step closer
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 Eurobot, an EU funded robotics competition, is showing its ability to not only attract young scientists, but to also communicate science to the general public. Held annually...
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America Bioindustry Alliance Report on TRIPS Consultations in Geneva
15 Jun 2006 The latest proposal to require additional biotechnology patent disclosure obligations in the TRIPS Agreement failed to gain broad support among WTO members at consultations held in Geneva...
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Today's news
Research funding changes 'undercut science and maths' The Government's "botched" changes to research funding, which would hit chemistry researchers to the tune of £6m a year, were condemned by the...
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Laurie Taylor column
Ah, Noakes, there you are. Yes, come in. Sit down. Relax. Good to see you. How are you? Very well, thank you, Doctor Quintock. Excellent. That's the way it should be. Now then, Noakes, I assume that...
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Leader: No need to rush to a quick fix
Critics of the research assessment exercise who insisted that its results could easily be replicated through metrics must be eating their words as they pore over this week's working group report....
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Leader: Summer of discontent
Only one poll counts towards the resolution of the pay dispute between academics and their employers - the ballot of University and College Union members. But neither union leaders nor employers can...
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A good deal on offer or a sellout? 1
While it is clear that the pay offer being put to a ballot of University and College Union members falls short of the 23 per cent demanded by the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe, it is...
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A good deal on offer or a sellout? 2
It was disappointing to see the rather negative coverage of the recent pay deal ("Pay deal could mean job cuts", June 9), particularly as all sides had worked so hard to reach a positive conclusion....