Brussels, 29 Jul 2004 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for the provision of services for the drawing up of scientific summaries for the scientific committee for occupational...
Paris, 29 Jul 2004 ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador since January 2003, and the Director General of UNICEF Belgium, Christian Wiener, will leave on 31 July for a short...
Global Corruption Report 2004
The British Constitution in the Twentieth Century
WIN SIX BOTTLES OF WINE This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the first great English novel about the class war: "The house was named 'The...
History in Quotations
War No More
Marc Riboud
A Sweeper-Up after Artists
V-cs buy into idea idea of building the brand. Times Higher , July 23. Good morning. I'm Mike Stance, Poppleton's new marketing director. There it is in PowerPoint. MIKE STANCE. Today I'm going to...
Parents and professors agree that going to university is one of the most significant events in a young person's life. But our survey marking the start of our series on university admissions...
The British Academy's task is to recognise excellence in the arts and humanities, and to enhance their role in national life. It should be straightforward - the "creative industries" are universally...
Bruce Charlton and Peter Andras's article "Why top academics need personal agents, not a mass trade union" (Why I..., July 23) is a curious piece. They begin with an exaggerated description of the...
More than half of vice-chancellors think first-year students lack the necessary skills to study for a degree, according to your article "Students 'lack basics'" (July 16). The blame, however, does...