Making the grade in these Gradgrind times
Treat students as students, be open with them and they may see through the free-market freaks, says Bob Brecher. One of the most important tasks facing today's academics is to learn how to get good...
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Jobwatch: profile-raising exercises
Image-conscious universities are beefing up their marketing and communications departments. UWIC and Durham are seeking strategic stars, while UHI is looking for networking deans. Pat Leon reports....
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Who got that job?
Richard Blackwell, 45. Hefce - Regional Consultant for the South East Circa £60k Job advertised in The THES , February 21 2003 The Higher Education Funding Council for England has eight regional...
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We love our students - they're so appealing!
We mark their essays, they object to the grade they get. We've been doing the job for years, so why do they think they know better? asks Nathan Abrams. Why do students feel a need to appeal their...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name - John Callaghan. Age : 51. Job : Professor of politics in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences,...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Hurt Welshman spurns offer
The student told by Nottingham University that his A level in Welsh did not count has said he does not want a placethere now, even though the institution has since admitted it was wrong. Cemlyn...
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Blair fails to woo animal researchers
A personal letter from the prime minister supporting animal research received a lukewarm response from scientists this week. Senior scientists from the Biosciences Federation wrote to Tony Blair last...
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European Commission focuses on human tissue engineering potential
Brussels, 22 January 2004 The European Commission published a report today on prospects for commercial and research activities in the field of human tissue engineering (regeneration of tissues)....
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Agenda of the Intermodal Questions and Networks ­ Galileo, 26 January 2004
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 234/04 1. GALILEO Proposal for a Council Regulation on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radionavigation...
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'PIVNET 2' brings high-tech flow measurement to industrial end users
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), a technique for measuring the displacement of particles in flow, can be used in a wide variety of applications. The EU-funded PIVNET 2 Thematic...
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Space: Leuven workshop to focus on European Space Policy and the media
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 A European Space Policy Workshop entitled 'Enlarging Space Policy Debate' will take place in Leuven, Belgium on 4 February 2004. Speakers will include European Astronaut Frank...
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Swiss research sees big future for nanotech diagnostics
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 Nanotechnology could play a major role in medical diagnostics by 2020, finding the causes of illness quicker, more accurately and earlier than ever before, a Swiss study...
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Irish Tánaiste calls for incentives to stop European brain drain to the US
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 Speaking in front of the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, External Trade and Research on 21 January, Mary Harney, Ireland's Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise...
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M&T network does its bit for EU enlargement
Brussels, 22 Jan 2004 A network of three EU Member States and three future Member States is making an important contribution to the enlargement of the Union in the field of measurements and testing (...