Expansion continues at King's
King's College London is seeking to fill 14 lecturer posts as the university continues its expansion in the public policy and education fields as well as in the creative industries. A number of jobs...
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Journals blame RAE for shortage of young editors
Collections of academic work are under threat as young academics shun editing roles in favour of publishing papers because of pressures generated by the 2008 research assessment exercise, it has been...
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Who's in who's out?
LINCOLN When Charlie Brooker (right) reviewed mental health and prisons, he found that there were only two clinical studies of interventions in the world. The new chair in mental health and criminal...
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Partially public text of Presidency's compromise on specific programme "Cooperation" in ten fields within FP7 (link)
Brussels, 16 March 2006 Full text of Document 6624/06 Suite of documents 6624/06 NOTE from: General Secretariat to: Permanent Representatives Committee No. Cion prop. 136/05 RECH 182 COMPET 198...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: EU Research - building a knowledge-based economy Fourth European Business Summit
Brussels, 16 March 2006 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am happy to speak at this summit of business leaders, one week before the summit of our political leaders. I am confident that the business world will...
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David White reveals Commission's innovation funding fear
Brussels, 16 Mar 2006 Senior Commission officials were highly concerned that funding for innovation activities had been overlooked during European Council discussions on the EU's Financial...
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Commission publishes Euratom rules for participation
Brussels, 16 Mar 2006 The European Commission's Research DG has published a proposal on the rules for participation in the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Atomic Energy Community,...
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European spectrum management conference 2006
Brussels, 16 Mar 2006 The European spectrum management conference will take place at in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 and 30 March, subtitled 'Driving forward the implementation of spectrum trading and...
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Biotechnology and finance conference, La Sapienza University, Rome, 27 March
Brussels, 16 Mar 2006 Italian Committee on Biotechnology and Biosecurity have organised an event to discuss biotechnology and finance at La Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, on March. The focus...
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Integral catches stellar 'corpses' by the tail
Paris, 16 Mar 2006 Tiny stellar 'corpses' have been caught blasting surprisingly powerful X-rays and gamma rays across our galaxy by ESA's gamma-ray observatory Integral. This discovery links these...
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Radar altimetry revolutionises the study of the ocean
Paris, 16 Mar 2006 Imagine a space tool so revolutionary it can determine the impact of climate change, monitor the melting of glaciers, discover invisible waves, predict the strength of hurricanes,...
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Today's news
Inquiry into Sussex chemistry course closure The vice-chancellor of Sussex University is to be called before a Commons committee inquiry to justify his controversial decision to axe chemistry from...
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Dances with wolves, rains and red tape
The Ruling Caste
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an autobiographical novel: "My godmother lived in a handsome house in the clean and ancient town of...
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Tipping points into hell on Earth
The Weather Makers