I am a Muslim woman who has worked and studied in universities and colleges for the past 13 years. I have witnessed the extreme views held by a very small minority of Muslims who form some of the...
After all the controversy, the shake-up at Swansea will pay substantial rewards, argues Richard Davies The "squeezed middle" is a phrase coined by Sir Howard Newby, chief executive of the Higher...
Serious gaming could flourish if past errors are avoided, writes Robert Stone The Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence recently organised a seminar titled Exploiting...
The growing infantilisation of campus life is not doing students or lecturers any favours, says Frank Furedi In 1997, I completed my book The Culture of Fear . Most of the comments my copy editor...
Feeling swamped by too much information? Harriet Swain finds that there are many ways of dealing with the data you are deluged with, ranging from traditional library-based approaches to high-tech...
Name : John Lord Age : 57 Jobs : Senior lecturer at the Welsh School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management, University of Wales, working as a course director, handling event management...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am an hourly paid lecturer working in a new university that is implementing the new...
Universities in the South West are launching a joint bid to attract 145 young researchers to disciplines that will boost local industry. The £14 million project, called Great Western Research, will...
Martin Webster Outreach manager, Nottingham Trent University Advertised in The Times Higher , January 14, 2005 It would be difficult to find anyone more fervent about a job than Martin Webster,...
A proposed pay deal for thousands of Open University tutors was shrouded in confusion this week after the legality of a staff ballot was called into question. As The Times Higher reported last week,...
Paris, 28 Jul 2005 The European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) has begun the Initial Operations Phase of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), following the successful...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 Full text Concrete Involvement of Chinese industries in the Galileo Programme - Three Contracts Signed Today Chinese participation in Galileo entered a practical stage, with the...
Paris, 28 Jul 2005 Photos and graphics These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show a patch of water ice sitting on the floor of an...
Luxembourg, 28 Jul 2005 Since 18 April 2004, Genetically Modified Food and Feed applications are regulated in the European Community under Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 It provides for a single Community...
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 Background On 22 June 2005, EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel published a proposal for a far-reaching shift in EU sugar funding. The core of the proposal is a 39...