Pharmacy staff chasm
Pharmacy's huge growth as a university subject is creating a shortage of academic staff amid concerns that the unplanned expansion may destablise the discipline. The expansion is being fuelled by the...
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Howard Davies on Blair, Brown and a Whitehall kiss and tell story PLUS University swap - two widening participation officers switch jobs for the day.
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Today's news
Britain may have to fund EU students The Government could face extra education bills if a French student wins his legal battle in Europe for a maintenance grant to study in London. The prospect came...
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Following introduction of EU citizenship, assistance with maintenance costs for students attending university is within scope of Treaty: opinion (C-209/03, with press release)
Luxembourg, 11 November 2004 C-209/03, The Queen on the application of Dany Bidar v London Borough of Ealing Secretary of State for Education Opinion of Advocate General Geelhoed on 11 November 2004...
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EU-US agreement on scientific and technological cooperation renewed for five years (OJ link)
Brussels, 11 November 2004 Council Decision of 4 October 2004 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement renewing the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European...
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Agenda of the Research Working Party, 15 November
Brussels, 11 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 4123/04 1. Draft Council conclusions on future EU policy to support research (revised doc. to follow) doc. 10740/04 RECH 134 2. Commission communication on...
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Agenda of the Working Party "Transport ­ Intermodal Questions and Networks", 17 November
Brussels, 11 Nov 2004 Full text of Document 4136/04 1. GALILEO­ Communication to the European Parliament and the Council "Moving to the deployment and operation phases of the European...
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High resolution photos show Martian moon Phobos in detail (link)
Paris, 11 Nov 2004 Photos These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, are Europe's highest-resolution pictures so far of the Martian moon...
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Claim for damages for refusal of access to EU document (Basle/Nyborg Agreement on EMS) that claimant says prevented him from completing his doctoral thesis - Case Filing T-337/04: Pitsiorlas v Council
Luxembourg, 6 November 2004 Action brought on 29 July 2004 by Athanasios Pitsiorlas against the Council of the European Union and the European Central Bank (Case T-337/04) Official Journal...
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Laurie Taylor Column
From: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor Subject: World Rankings Following the recent publication by The Times Higher of the so-called World University Rankings, my office has received a number of...
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Leader: Offa must be seen to work
The more lurid speculation about £500,000 fines and refusals to sanction top-up fees is all but put to rest in this week's guidance on access agreements and the supporting comments of Sir Martin...
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Leader: Pitfalls of the quick win
It is difficult to argue with the principle behind the Treasury's proposals for closer monitoring of research funding. The Chancellor has boosted the science budget by billions of pounds and he wants...
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Rankings don't tell whole truth 1
Your top 200 ranking (World University Rankings, November 5) needs some refinement to allow for performance relative to funding. Until June 2002, I was an associate professor at the University of the...
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Rankings don't tell whole truth 2
It is pretty obvious that big, rich countries have a large and strong university sector, but what if the effects of size and wealth are discounted? One way to do this is to regress national total...
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Rankings don't tell whole truth 3
Subscribing to The Times Higher has much to recommend it: for example, not getting the "free inside" offers meant not getting the World University Rankings booklet. The Times Higher always stayed...