Corporate takeover
Winston Fletcher's review of Stewart Lansley and Andy Forrester's biography of fashion tycoon Philip Green ("Oodles of goodwill for a high-rolling gambler", November 11) omits mention of Green'...
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Where in the world?
Your story "UK leaps to global success" (October 28) states that all but two of the world's top 200 universities are in Europe, Australasia, the US or Canada. The exceptions are the National...
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Mind your language
Is it really necessary to use the coarse and gutter language found in one of your news stories ("Know your 'arse' from your 'hello'", November 11)? I thought The Times Higher was a quality newspaper...
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Old Master plan
One way to ensure the prolonged access, visibility and use of art collections in universities ("When old masters battle with new mistresses", October 28), would be to make them available via the web...
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Silenced by a slippery and subversive slight to liberty
The Terrorism Bill's proposals to outlaw the 'glorification of terrorism' are half-baked, fly in the face of history and pose a threat to debate, insists Charles Townshend Last week, Tony Blair's...
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Hey, have you heard the one about the woman in the veil?
Sara Wajid urges lecturers to engage with a new generation of Muslims A veiled woman was arrested on suspicion of being a threat to national security She claimed she was working undercover. I asked...
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Feeling curiously cramped lately?
In the US, the number of administrative staff has spiralled as the red tape involved in student recruitment and fundraising mounts. Is the UK heading the same way, asks Stephen Phillips With 63,000...
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Feeling curiously cramped lately? (2)
Valerie Atkinson imagines the response among the British top brass to calls for more support staff To: The President, Higher Education Funding Council for England From: Colonel Truemony, Vice-...
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Big life changes and mini milestones
Two years into their research, Michael North finds out how academia is treating the four PhD students whose progress The Times Higher is charting A year is a long time in the life of a PhD student....
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Draft Council conclusions on Commission's paper, "More research and innovation - investing for growth and employment: a common approach" (link)
Brussels, 16 November 2005 Full text of Document 14163/05 Suite of documents 14163/05 15 November 2005 NOTE from: General Secretariat of the Council to: Coreper Cion doc.: 13606/05 ECOFIN 319 RECH...
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Commission unveils new rules to support gene, cell or tissue based therapies
Brussels, 16 November 2005 Today, the European Commission has proposed new EU wide rules to facilitate gene, cell and tissue-based therapies. These so-called advanced therapies enable revolutionary...
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Advanced therapies: breakthrough in treating cancer or burned skin
Brussels, 16 November 2005 Advanced therapies are highly innovative medical products based on genes (gene therapy), cells (cell therapy) or tissues (tissue engineering). This memo provides the...
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Proposed Regulation on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 (link)
Brussels, 16 Nov 2005 Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004...
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No doubling of research budget but 'significant' increase under UK Presidency, predicts Mitsos
Brussels, 16 Nov 2005 The outgoing Director General of the Commission's Research DG, Achilleas Mitsos, has expressed his optimism that an agreement on the EU's Financial Perspectives can be reached...
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EU funding at your fingertips
Brussels, 16 Nov 2005 A seminar on EU grants and loans will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 8 and 9 December. Organised by the European Training Institute, this two-day seminar balances...