Brussels, 13 Oct 2005 MEPs approved a legislative report aiming to guarantee the quality of higher education in the EU and encouraging the mutual recognition of national evaluation systems. The issue...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2005 The final conference of the research project 'Formal and informal work in Europe: A comparative analysis of their changing relationship and their impact on social integration' (...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2005 A workshop on micro and nano engineering: technology and applications will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 25 to 26 November. Organised by the EU funded FP6 4M Network of...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2005 The second international workshop on virtual reality and virtual environments organised by the INTUITION consortium, 'INTUITION 2005', will take place in Paris, France, from 24...
Brussels, 13 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 3575/05 1. Adoption of the Draft Agenda 2. Approval of the Draft Summary Conclusions of the 303rd meeting of 29 September 2005 - Doc. 1206/05 CREST 3....
Paris, 13 Oct 2005 Bat inspires space tech for airport security Metal detectors currently used for screening aircraft passengers could soon be supplanted by novel millimetre-wave cameras, able to...
Cambridge faces the end of one-to-one tutorials Cambridge may be forced to abandon its tradition of one-to-one tuition unless it can raise sufficient additional endowment funds to meet the cost,...
From: Mavis Willingborough. Deputy Head of Corporate Logistics (Timetabling Division), University of Poppleton To: All Academic Staff Following extensive consultations, it has been agreed that the...
The chances of a clear-headed decision on the merits of post-qualification admissions to higher education receded further this week, as politics intruded on an already fraught debate. Research on...
Red tape is an easy target, especially where funding councils are concerned. No system of allocating money has yet been devised that could not be simplified, and there are often good reasons for...
How welcome to see an editorial that celebrates the high salary benchmarks being set by the Association of Univer-sity Teachers' pay deals ("Magic of the market", October 7).JThe message to the 80...
A vice-chancellor in a post-92 university says his institution has a job evaluation scheme of "such stupefying complexity" that it ensures equal pay for work of equal value (Letters, October 7). He...
The vice-chancellor of the University of Central England is gratified and feels that the academic staff at Oxford University deserve to be the lowest paid in the country (Letters, October 7). I see...
The article "'Deplorable' pay inequity persists" (September 30) highlights that female academics are paid less than males. Other research has shown that they also have less academic success. An...
I must object to the headline "Right-to-die advocate keen to lead ethics discourse" and to the introduction of an article based on an interview with me (October 7). The description of me as a "right-...