Union president turns to drink
Pubs have long been believed to have a magnetic quality when it comes to students - from the thirstiest fresher to the president of the National Union of Students. Kat Fletcher, the feisty president...
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Why I...don't want to work until I drop
It is two years since the Government published its pension Green Paper Simplicity, Security and Choice . New Labour's new slogan is "choice". With pensions you can choose to die in poverty or die in...
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Open wide, it won't hurt
The critics who attacked Bristol's admission policies are now being proved wrong, says Eric Thomas The appointment of Sir Martin Harris as director of the Office for Fair Access has precipitated yet...
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'I've never earned over £16,500'
It's time we gave temporary staff a break, says Sharman Kadish The Queen braved the pouring rain to open the new Manchester University last month. The new institution looks remarkably similar to the...
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Ditch 'diets'. Now there's a healthy thought
Bob Brecher refuses to be fobbed off by marketing speak. It's tempting to deal with the huge amount of management and marketing speak that plague our screens, pigeonholes and meetings by ignoring as...
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My worst nightmare
A student of the kind that most aggravates a lecturer's ulcers - she was lazy, dim and hated me - had written an essay cribbed mostly from the Encyclopaedia Britannica . Rather than report the...
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Fair trade fits ethical billing
Oxford Brookes University officially became the world's first fair-trade university last October after a campaign by academics and postgraduates. Next week, members of the university are telling...
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Get wired up but not entangled
You've succeeded in posting a flattering photo of yourself on the web and there's a whole world of technology waiting. But just watch your step, warns Harriet Swain. You've worked out how to respond...
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Department audit
Ann Holmes, dean and faculty director of learning and teaching, gives the lowdown on the School of Law at Staffordshire University. * Total number of academic staff: 40 (pending new appointments) *...
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Social science PhDs get the jobs
People with PhDs in the social sciences are more likely to land jobs than those with doctorates in the sciences or arts and humanities, according to new research. The UK GRAD programme found that...
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UWIC seeks pro v-cs to make case for higher status
The hunt is on for two dynamic leaders of research and teaching to help the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, gain research degree-awarding powers and improve the student learning experience....
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Who's in, who's out?
Crichton campus. Ted Cowan will be Glasgow University's new head of operations at Scotland's first multi-institutional campus at Crichton. Crichton, the estate of a former psychiatric hospital,...
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Draft Council Conclusions Relating to the Seventh Framework Programme and Future European Policy to Support Research (link)
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 14733/04 Suite of documents 14733/04 No. prev. doc.: 12898/04 COMPET 155 IND 123 RECH 181 No. Cion prop.: 10740/04 RECH 134 - COM(2004) 353 final 12368/04...
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First "Space Council" to set course towards a European Space Programme - 25 November, Brussels
Paris, 18 Nov 2004 Ministers in charge of space affairs and those responsible for the internal market, industry and research meet in Brussels on Thursday 25 November for the first "Space Council", a...
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"I/A" Item Note on European Space Policy: "ESDP and Space"
Brussels, 18 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 14628/04 Suite of documents 14628/04 No. prev. doc.: 11616/3/04 REV 3 Subject: European Space Policy: "ESDP and Space" 1. The importance of space...