One foot in the future
Nottingham is the first university permitted to build a campus in China. Ian Gow reports The internationalisation of higher education in China is proceeding at a phenomenal pace. The number and...
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Expansion first, equality later
Widening participation does not automatically lead to a fairer society, but it's a start, says David Watson An international group of scholars gathered this week at a symposium in memory of Colin...
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Time to find your balance at the cutting edge
Academic work often spills over into family time, but the positives can outweigh the negatives, says Nick Saunders. The idea of balancing work and family in today's climate in higher education...
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Jobwatch: Recreation grounds
Fit and active are the watchwords on today's campuses, with the emphasis on getting students to exercise their arms less in the bar and more on the sports courts. Pat Leon explains. Sports and...
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Who got that job?
Jennifer Davidson, 34 Job advertised in The Times Higher June 20, 2003. Director, Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care circa £35K to £40K A Canadian "outsider" who had done her homework...
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V-cs call for Sykes to be sacked from Hefce
Vice-chancellors are demanding that English funding council chiefs remove Sir Richard Sykes from their board after he branded some universities "third class". A number of letters, including one...
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Spin? We've seen it all before
The Roman poet Catullus, whose odes about life and love are still taught in schools, has been revealed as a classical equivalent of Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications chief....
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Russian scientists gets 15 years' hard labour
Inquiry says Britain has lost its nanotechnology lead Britain has lost its lead in nanotechnology because of inadequate government support, according to a damning report from a Commons inquiry that...
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Presence of unauthorised animal protein in fish flour is contrary to BSE rules and no level of tolerance is allowed to traders: judgment
Luxembourg, 1 April 2004 C-286/02, Bellio F.lli Srl v Prefettura di Treviso Judgment of the Court of Justice (Third Chamber) on 1 April 2004 (link to English version when available). Full text The...
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Use of genetic resources in agriculture
Strasbourg, 01 Apr 2004 Friedrich- Wilhelm GRAEFE zu BARINGDORF (Greens/EFA, D) Report on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community programme on the conservation,...
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Report on the proposed Council regulation establishing a Community programme on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in agriculture (link)
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Community programme on the conservation, characterisation, collection and utilisation of genetic resources in...
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Amendments on EP Report A5-0209/2004 (Report on the proposed Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation programme (link))
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 Full text of Amendments 001 - 009 PIN archive of Amendments 001 - 009 for Report A5-0209/2004 24 March 2004 A5-0209/ 1-9 AMENDMENTS 1-9 tabled by the Committee on Industry,...
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Agenda of the Intermodal Questions and Networks  Galileo, 5 April
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 Full text of Document 1314/04 1. GALILEO Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation...
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Parliament calls for more a more scientifically based environment and health strategy
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 MEPs have responded positively to the Commission's report on a 'European Environment and Health Strategy', although 'In scientific terms, the EU is still making too much...
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Workshop on mobile computing
Brussels, 01 Apr 2004 The sixth IEEE workshop on mobile computing systems and applications (WMCSA 2004) will take place on 2 and 3 December in the Lake District, UK, and the organisers have announced...