Damned, funny and deadly serious
In the second part of our series on challenges to the liberal state, Jerry Springer The Opera 's co-creator Stewart Lee ponders 'blasphemy' Richard Thomas's Jerry Springer The Opera , which I...
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Are you going to make a dream come true?
Happiness lies not in easily quantified pleasure beloved of scientists, but in striving for purpose, says Richard Schoch We want to know the secrets of happiness, but we're looking in the wrong...
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Watch out for the new Asian tigers
China and India have moved on from producing over-examined students who lack creativity. Not so the UK, says Maria Misra. While French students take once more to the barricades, the British reach for...
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Don't be cowed a large herd
Editing a collection of your peers' work involves hard graft, especially when it comes to rounding up tardy contributors. Harriet Swain offers some hints to help quell the rising tide of intimidation...
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Bowled over by Duracell bunnies
Name : Philip Vickerman. Age: 37. Job: Centre leader for sport and dance studies, Liverpool John Moores University. Salary : £44,000 Background : BSc (Hons), MEd, PhD. I trained in physical education...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I was employed by a Russell Group university on a 0.5 contract. I lost much of my work...
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Staff fear bullying on student rating site
Academics could be forgiven for thinking that they have more than enough to contend with as research assessment exercise pressures mount and pay negotiations turn sour. Now, a website that allows...
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Who got that cash?
Diane Grant and her team at Liverpool John Moores University have secured £480,000 to turn the fruits of their research on ageism in the workplace into training for older women. Three years ago, Dr...
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Gung-ho Greenwich goes in search of new blood
Greenwich University has embarked on a major recruitment drive this week, advertising 16 posts across seven departments, writes Jessica Shepherd. In an advertisement in this week's Times Higher , the...
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Next week
On academic liberty What would John Stuart Mill make of the Frank Ellis case? A.C. Grayling thinks he knows On sale Thursday 6 April 2006
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OECD Review of Research Use of Patented Knowledge (link)
Paris, 30 Mar 2006 This paper outlines factors that may affect the ability of researchers to access patented inventions for legitimate research purposes. It reviews evidence of current and...
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OECD Conference on Scientific Challenges for Energy Research - Paris, 17-18 May
Paris, 30 Mar 2006 The OECD Global Science Forum (GSF) is organising a two-day Conference on Scientific Challenges for Energy Research, which will seek to advance understanding of the scientific and...
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Neural computers a step closer
Brussels, 30 Mar 2006 The development of organic computers, which use mammalian neurons to process or store information or neurological prosthetics for overcoming disorders of the central nervous...
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Report calls for EU support for innovation evaluation
Brussels, 30 Mar 2006 Evaluating innovation programmes and activities more effectively should be 'an integral part of achieving the Lisbon objectives', a report on monitoring and evaluating...
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Conference on Nanoparticles for European industry, Scale-up, Stabilisation, Characterisation and Toxicology" -- 2/3 May, London
Brussels, 30 Mar 2006 The Institute of Nanotechnology has organised a conference entitled, 'Nanoparticles for European industry, scale-up, stabilisation, characterisation and toxicology', to be held...