Clear evidence that education tends to attract people with a philanthropic bent has come from a study of charitable legacies in Northern Ireland since 1930. Educationists comprised the most generous...
My husband and I are scientists who emigrated from Europe to the US in the 1960s, returned to Europe for nine years in the 1990s and were then recruited by an American university as senior professors...
UK higher education faces a far more fundamental problem than top-up fees, writes Trevor Smith The higher education bill sneaked through its Commons second reading with a minuscule majority and its...
Part-time students play a crucial role in our economy and should be funded accordingly, writes David Latchman More than 40 per cent of students in higher education study part time, and it is...
The Trades Union Congress will intervene to calm hostilities between university trade unions after open warfare broke out this week over pay. Chris Kaufman, who chairs the joint trade unions'...
UK science risks stagnation unless it joins the push to send astronauts and robots to Mars, experts have claimed. Scientists meeting this week urged the research councils to unite to persuade the...
The RAE monster is breeding a new type of scientist and he's not pretty. Tim Birkhead tells you how to cope Imagine you have recently completed your PhD and just secured a postdoctoral fellowship....
Grants from an educational trust set up by City solicitors are enabling university law schools in the UK to compete for lecturers to shore up their faculties. Pat Leon reports At least three English...
Malcolm Carr-West, 55 Job advertised in The THES , February 21, 2003 The declining popularity of engineering and the regeneration of the Thames Gateway formed the backdrop to the search for a manager...
THES/LTSN competition winner Mark Russell tells how he slashed the failure rate on an engineering module The last thing I expected on a cold Monday morning last week was a telephone call to say that...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Lindsey Martin Age: 48 Job: Academic liaison coordinator to the faculty of humanities, management, applied and social...
Greenfield's not a jolly good fellow, say irate scientists A split has developed within the Royal Society over the nomination of Baroness Greenfield for a fellowship. While supporters say the Oxford...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 After a three year exploratory period, the EU's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative is ready for the next step on the road to becoming operational,...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 With the Commission setting out proposals to establish an EU security research programme on 3 February, it is clear that many regard scientific and technological research as a...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 French and German Translations available for: approved Core Contract approved Annex II - General Conditions approved Annex III Intra-European fellowships http://europa.eu.int/...