Inexact science with an irresistible pull
Supernova: the Black Hole BBC Two, 10pm Tuesdays from October 11 Despite my 35 years' experience of astronomy and professional observers, it had never occurred to me that an observatory could provide...
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Why I...
...think introducing SATs for university applicants in Britain is a waste of time Nearly four decades ago as a sixthformer, I sat for three hours at an exam desk, ticking the answer boxes of a new...
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We're not elephants
Mark Israel wonders why ethics committees treat researchers like dangerous, clumsy beasts In 2001, an ߣߣÊÓƵn social scientist was awarded a national competitive grant to study sexual assault in a...
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Creative solutions for survival
Vulnerable fields can be saved by sharing expertise nationally, says David Vincent The law of unintended consequences was promulgated by Robert Merton in 1936. He identified the first three causes of...
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Fear not little fish in big ponds
Susan Bassnett has a word of advice for all those at the bottom of the research food chain Recently, two encounters have made me reflect on the vast difference in attitudes to research between...
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Feeling 3ft high all of a sudden?
Starting a new job can feel like your first day at school. If bewilderment and anxiety overwhelm you, don't despair, get to know colleagues and ask all the questions you like (even the stupid ones),...
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The tipple and the Thais that bind
Name: Andrew Atherton Age: 39 Job: Professor of enterprise and entrepreneurship and director of the Enterprise Research and Development Unit, Lincoln Business School, Lincoln University. Background:...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am about to take a contract as a senior academic. It does not specify days or hours...
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Senior UCL staff condemn job cuts
Senior academics at University College London fear that teaching and research standards will fall if the institution goes ahead with plans to cut 15 per cent of posts, according to a union survey of...
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Who's in who's out?
WEST OF ENGLAND Photographer and legal expert Blu Tirohl (pictured) has been lured back to the UK from Sweden to establish a photography degree at the Bristol School of Art, Media and Design (AMD) at...
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Edinburgh to delve deeper into paranormal phenomena
Edinburgh University is boosting its pioneering research into parapsychology with an advertisement in this week's Times Higher for three posts, including a chair, in its Koestler parapsychology unit...
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Commissioner Neelie Kroes at the EP ECON Committee: State aid in support of innovation can be acceptable (plus very brief remarks on Endesa, football and the Italian banking sector)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes told MEPs on Thursday that state aid to support measures for innovation can be approved by the Commission. Speaking to the Economic and...
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Proposed Council Decision Authorising the Placing on the Market of Foods Produced from GM Roundup-Ready Maize Line Ga21 (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12815/05 Suite of documents 12815/05 No. Cion prop.: 11928/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and...
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Proposed Council Decision Authorising the Placing on the Market of Foods and Food Ingredients Derived from GM Maize Line Mon 863 (link)
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12820/05 Suite of documents 12820/05 No. Cion prop.: 12197/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision authorising the placing on the market of foods and...
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Proposed Council Decision Concerning the Provisional Prohibition in Greece of the Marketing of Seeds of Maize Hybrids with the GM Mon 810
Brussels, 06 Oct 2005 Full text of Document 12818/05 Suite of documents 12818/05 No. Cion prop.: 11834/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the provisional prohibition in Greece of...