No laughing matter
So, Neil Mercer considers my comments on the doubtful merits of "research-based" teaching methods and the role of academics in schools of education to be "laughable" (Letters, March 3). He asserts...
So, Neil Mercer considers my comments on the doubtful merits of "research-based" teaching methods and the role of academics in schools of education to be "laughable" (Letters, March 3). He asserts...
If the research councils want a "Drive for efficiency in review process" (March 10), why don't they adopt the two-stage application process that many other research funders use? A preliminary...
Non-gerontologists should be in no doubt that Aubrey de Grey is long on hyperbole and short on science ("Do you want to live to be 800?", March 10). His academic position at Cambridge is (or was)...
In the feature on the killing of Iraqi intellectuals ("Tortured, shot, ambushed, victims are found dumped outside morgues...", March 10), I was identified as the head of "Iraq's University Professors...
Simon Larter, its student representative, decided to vote with his feet On March 1, I stepped down from my university's senate. I have been its student member for most of this year. My departure was...
The Danish cartoon controversy has failed to spark debate between Muslim academics and secular peers. Does the 'progressive intelligentsia' consider religion unworthy of attention, asks Sara Wajid At...
An early life in the slums informs the policies of France's Minister for Equality, Azouz Begag. Jane Marshall reports For more than 20 years, Azouz Begag studied France's banlieues - the deprived...
Harriet Swain says media studies reading lists are forever playing catch-up with trends, but James Curran and Jean Seaton have cracked the canon If you're a member of the iPod generation, and you're...
Harriet Swain says media studies reading lists are forever playing catch-up with trends, but James Curran and Jean Seaton have cracked the canon One book has proved a staple in the study of...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 The European Commission has decided that the notification by the government of Cyprus of draft legislation requiring genetically modified (GM) foods to be displayed separately...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 AMENDMENTS 18-21 Draft opinion Giovanni Berlinguer (PE 367.924v02-00) Specific Programme 'Cooperation' implementing the Seventh Framework Programme (20072013) of the European...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 Establishing a colony on the moon may sound the stuff of science fiction to the majority, but not for materials scientist Niklas Järvstråt, who is working...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 A spokesperson for EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has responded to criticism by environmental groups of the EU's plans to fund nuclear research under the...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 The UK Biobank initiative is set to launch in Manchester, with the aim of finding the root causes of many common diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer'...
Brussels, 15 Mar 2006 The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a call for tenders to provide scientific support in the coordination of the BioSoil study (soil component) in the...