Trouble at the top?
So the University of Luton plans to make a further 50 lecturers redundant ("Redundancy drive aims to free up cash at Luton", THES , January 2). This means that it will have shed a total of nearly 200...
So the University of Luton plans to make a further 50 lecturers redundant ("Redundancy drive aims to free up cash at Luton", THES , January 2). This means that it will have shed a total of nearly 200...
Brendan Simms writes in his review of A Century of Genocide that genocide "is as authentically European as croissants, borscht or dumplings" (Books, THES , January 2). He cannot be accused of...
Many of us across the university sector feel that the recent extensive exposure given to the Russell Group is misguided and, frankly, boring. This self-selecting lobby of so-called "top" universities...
I note the list of those in higher education who received New Year gongs, and your shortlist of those who perhaps should have but did not (News, THES , January 2). Where, however, was the list of...
Can you please reassure your readers that the only reason for the omission of my name and photograph from the list you published last week of those in higher education whose names were omitted from...
Angela McRobbie (Features, THES , January 2) asks what kind of politics feminism can offer to pre-teens and young women in a culture awash with pornography. As sexual identities proliferate and we...
Peter Elford gives a negative view of the pay and reward structure at the University of Nottingham (Letters, THES , December 12). The university is implementing a reward strategy, that, in line with...
Lee Harvey's polemic against the National Student Survey ("Scrap that student survey now", THES , December 12) is an excellent example of what most concerns the steering committee for the project -...
Brussels, 7 January 2004 When an EU company uses exotic plants like Aloe Vera for producing cosmetics it should share the benefits of this use with the country where the plant came from. This is the...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 Using a high speed video camera, a team of Belgian scientists has, for the first time, succeeded in observing how 'antibubbles' form and move. Whereas the common bubble is a...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 Two workshops aimed at members of the research community who are interested in developing a proposal for the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) will be held in Cambridge, UK, on 10...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 An online expression of interest form is now available to register for the conference. Liège, Convention centre, Belgium Preliminary information and registration details...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 "Empowering the Citizen through eHealth Tools and Services" - A Call for Good Practices in Europe The eEurope Awards for eHealth - 2004 are to be presented at the High-Level...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 A consortium of Belgian and German researchers has produced a new set of laser technology tools to tackle the noise pollution caused by squealing breaks in both cars and trains...
Brussels, 07 Jan 2004 The 28th international Antarctic conference of the scientific committee on Antarctic research (SCAR) will be held in Bremen, Germany, from 25 to 31 July. All disciplines of...