Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In the margins of the Council, the first meeting of the "Space Council"1, which is a joint meeting of the Council of the European Union and of the Council of the European Space...
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 In his first public speech as the new Commissioner for Science and Research, Janez Potocnik called for a renewed commitment to research, innovation and education in order to...
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 We need a 'Coca-Cola' therapy for HIV/AIDS: well-known, affordable for all and available in every corner of the globe, said Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) representative, Ronny...
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 Europe's first anti-tuberculosis centre, aimed at combating the spread of a new multi-drug resistant strain of the disease, opened in Riga, Latvia on 22 November. The official...
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has revealed the extent of the extinction threat facing thousands of animals and plants in its latest Red List. The environmental network,...
Brussels, 25 Nov 2004 More than 130 companies from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agro/food sectors will be participating in BioChannel 2004, which takes place in Ashford, UK, on 2 December....
Royal protest at Essex A visit by the Queen to Essex University was disrupted when six anti-monarchy protesters were ejected from a ceremony to celebrate the university's 40th anniversary. The Queen...
From - The Office of the Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff You will no doubt have seen the recent Times Higher survey in which 48 per cent of academics reported that they had felt obliged at...
It's time to stop being smug and admit that the US has reared a generation of cosmopolitan high-achievers One of our last occasions for self-congratulation is destined for the dustbin. Whatever we...
The proposed closure of a range of courses at Exeter University has provided a dry run for funding council officials wrestling with the problem of how to preserve endangered subjects....
One favourable pay deal - at the Open University (back page) - and the prospect of another at Manchester University are not enough for firm conclusions to be reached about the value of local...
I am sure that Susan Bassnett's contribution to your How to Get Promoted booklet (November 19) was intended to be supportive of academic staff on fixed-term contracts. It was, however, very...
Missing from your booklet on getting promoted is any mention of the fact that promotion based on prejudice, patronage or privilege is unlawful. Under the Education Reform Act 1988, universities have...
We disagree with Luton vice-chancellor Les Ebdon's assertion that Luton University would not compromise its academic standards ("Caught in vicious cycle of declining standards", November 19). When we...
"Save our standards", you say (Leader, November 19). But what standards? Who decides these but a consensus of academia's Great and Good, relative to an ideology/world-view: that is, a ruling theory...