Careers changes
Peter Knight's work on employability has the sound of calm common sense about it ("Take Cardinal Newman approach, lecturers told", September 10). But there is one assertion - that "most employers are...
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Animal wrongs 1
So, yet more articles in The Times Higher on animal experiments that give the views of the pro-vivisection lobby without reporting those of the pro-animal side ("Science fears attacks will rise with...
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Animal wrongs 2
The freedom of information laws will certainly increase work for some universities likely to be asked about animal experiments. But the identity of scientists and the nature of their work have always...
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Animal wrongs 3
Home Office Minister Caroline Flint says that animal research "saves countless lives each year". But her claim is unsupported by evidence. Meanwhile, there is abundant evidence of harm to humans from...
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We're not all Sir Harry
A fortnight ago you reported the departure of Sir Harry Kroto to the United States because he fears that he will no longer be able to work in UK universities after his 65th birthday. This is clearly...
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Simplified evolution
Where's the God's-eye view to say whether the cosmos has a telos or not? Simon Blackburn's review of Michael Ruse's Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? (Books, August 13) re-runs the...
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What Europe can do with its feminine virtue
Neocon Robert Kagan is itching to let narcissistic, wimpy pacifists know just how much they rely on American muscle. Stephen Phillips talks to him Robert Kagan suspects that much of the stir caused...
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A swift brawl is all in a medieval day's work
A rare family archive has given historians a taste of the everyday Middle Ages, says Helen Castor It is no exaggeration to say that biography is the cultural form of the moment. Academic concerns...
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Anglo-Saxon 'weed' choking Euro flowers?
In the competition to woo foreign students, ever more European institutions are offering tuition in English. Harriet Swain finds a mixed reaction to the trend Aslak de Silva is from Finland. He has...
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Wary Britons resist union sales pitches
British conservatism keeps Europe at arm's length despite the benefits of European Union membership. Huw Richards asks academics how the Government could change voters' minds Among the benefits...
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Clipboard versus the mortarboard
It's time to speak out against the raw politics and crude economics ruining our universities, says Frank Furedi The university has always existed in an uneasy relationship with other sectors of...
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Under-40s bemoan spoon-fed students
Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates, the first-ever survey of the country's young academics, conducted for The Times Higher , has found. Almost...
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Clarke: think national
Universities must be prepared to compromise on their autonomy in order to take a more active role in national strategies that affect society and the economy, Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary,...
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Nanotechnology - Draft Council Conclusions (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12203/04 Suite of documents 12203/04 1. The Commission transmitted to the Council, on 14 May 2004, its communication entitled "Towards a European strategy...
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Presidency Report Nanotechnology - Exchange of Views - Questions for Ministers to Address at the Council (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12384/04 Suite of documents 12384/04 ­ Questions for Ministers to address at the Council ("Competitiveness") on 24 September 2004 To structure the...