Excitement no money can buy
If we spark students' idealism and curiosity, they may begin to see us as more than paid servants, says Frank Furedi Major events such as the recent industrial action provide social scientists with...
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Look out for the sound argument
If you have students with dyslexia who have problems learning, you can help by podcasting lectures or using a more visual approach, and being open to new ways of presenting work, says Harriet Swain...
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The eternal lunch....it's a hard life
Name : David Latchman Age : 50 Job : Master of Birkbeck, University of London, and professor of genetics at Birkbeck and University College London Salary : As published in The Times Higher !...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been employed for more than four years on fixed-term contracts, but my...
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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...