God's just too small
Religion has no more claim to true spirituality than science, says Richard Dawkins Alister McGrath's book Dawkins' God: Genes, Memes and the Meaning of Life does a fair and sophisticated job of...
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A truly postmodern shafting
Restructuring can hold unpleasant surprises. Get a lawyer fast, says Valerie Atkinson If someone were to compile a list of the rituals and routines observed by staff in their first half hour at work...
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Ditch the smocks - dress to impress
Susan Bassnett offers some sartorial advice to superior academic scruffs. Sitting in an august body of academics recently, the woman chairing the event caught my attention. For not only was she...
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Get ready to show your hand
Any idea how much your vice-chancellor spent redecorating their office? Such questions could crop up under the imminent Freedom of Information Act, warns Harriet Swain. Now where did you put that...
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My worst nightmare
Teaching in ߣߣÊÓƵ, I asked for comments on Absolon's reaction when he unwittingly kisses Alisoun's "nether ye" in The Miller's Tale . I was surprised when a woman asked why it said he felt...
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Best practoce: Have an answer for everything
Are you overburdened by endless questions about accommodation costs and student time-tables? At least two British universities - the University of Central Lancashire and Robert Gordon University -...
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Teacher audit
Name : Paul Freathy Age : 42 Job : Professor of retail management and director of the Institute for Retail Studies at Stirling University. Salary : A pittance given my skills, charm and boyish good...
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Business raided for financial expertise
Universities are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit the fundraising specialists they need to help swell their coffers from external sources. Aston and York universities are among those that...
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Who's in, who's out?
Michael Banner vacated the chair of moral and social theology at King's College London to direct the Genomics Research Forum at Edinburgh. Professor Banner said the forum aimed to bring together...
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Ulster seeks recruits to head up research revamp
Ulster University this week launched a major recruitment drive for professors, readers, lecturers and institute directors in a root-and-branch revamp of its research activities. Thirteen new research...
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Today's news
Cambridge design faculty under threat The department of architecture at Cambridge University is facing closure after failing to meet the university's research standards. The General Board, which...
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Germany has failed to legislate for biotech patents: judgment (C-005/04)
Luxembourg, 28 October 2004 C-5/04, Commission des Communautes europeennes contre Republique federale d'Allemagne Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 28 October 2004 (link to English...
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Austria has failed to legislate for biotech patents: judgment (C-4/04)
Luxembourg, 28 October 2004 C-4/04, Commission des Communautes europeennes contre Republique d'Autriche Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 28 October 2004 (link to English version...
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Austria has failed to legislate on deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment: judgment (C-421/03)
Luxembourg, 28 October 2004 C-421/03, Commission des Communautes europeennes contre Republique d'Autriche Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 28 October 2004 (link to English version...
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Agenda of the Working Party "Transport  Intermodal Questions and Networks", 8 November
Brussels, 28 Oct 2004 Full text of Document 3849/04 1. GALILEO­ Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Moving to the deployment and operation phases of the European...