'Comparing this with the hideously worthy West Wing is to breathe in the fresh air of British democracy' The thick of it. BBC 4, Thursdays, 10.30pm-11pm (until June 2) The BBC's new political satire...
"Do you relish science-fiction films but do not have quite the same feeling about science?" Physicist Leroy Dubeck asked this question in 1993 and then, in his book Fantastic Voyages: Learning...
Universities and funders need to do some radical thinking to boost pay, argues Paul Mackney. For many years, there was a view that academic staff would put up with relatively low pay in return for...
The 2008 RAE should recognise more applied research, but Phil Ternouth remains sceptical. When the members of the review panels for the 2008 research assessment exercise were announced earlier this...
BIG QUESTIONS IN HISTORY To launch the book of our series, Benjamin Barber asks why it is that so many of his fellow professionals have heralded the end of history
Luxembourg, 26 May 2005 C-132/03, Ministero della Salute v Coordinamento delle associazioni per la difesa dell'ambiente e dei diritti degli utenti e dei consumatori (Codacons), Federconsumatori...
Brussels, 26 May 2005 Full text of Document 9253/05 Suite of documents 9253/05 Under the procedures established pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 for assessing the health and environmental...
Den Haag, 26 and May, 2005 Honourable Ministers, Members of Parliament, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Dutch Parliament and the EUREKA Chairmanship for inviting me to speak at this...
Brussels, 26 May 2005 EU health ministers and the European Commission have announced their decision to establish an integrated, compatible and interoperable European e-health system by 2010. At a...
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The Hungarian-born research Peter Lax was presented with the 2005 Abel Prize for mathematics by the Crown Prince Regent of Norway at a ceremony in Oslo on 24 May. The 780,000...
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The European Union is to provide 660,000 euro funding to a new Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project designed to strengthen EU leadership and international cooperation in free...
Brussels, 26 May 2005 The Commission's Energy and Transport DG has published a call for tenders relating to the development of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in a large-scale lighthouse project...
AUT overturns Israeli boycott Britain's biggest university lecturers' union yesterday voted to overturn its controversial boycott of two Israeli universities after weeks of heated debate on its...
Support for those affected by bullying at work If you are being bullied at work, or have a friend or colleague experiencing problems with bullying, you can speak in confidence to your University...
"UK graduates set to receive a record number of first-class degrees this year" - The Times Higher, May 20 Ah, Noakes. There you are. I now have your finals marks. Thank you, Professor Lapping. Let's...