Heavy burden
In his analysis of the Ivy League ("The fuss over graduate numbersI is about Oxford losing money on undergraduate teaching", THES, July 4), Alan Ryan notes that the annual budget of the University of...
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Transport traumas
Academics do not always have a choice about using private transport to do their jobs (Letters, THES, July 25). Their work is not always campus or home-based. Tutors working with initial teacher...
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Negating authority
How delicious it would be to give a higher education authority an acronym that simply means "negation". For that is the meaning of yok in Turkish ("All Turkish rectors face sack", THES, July 25). The...
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Pay-spine paralysis
How can the Russell Group chairman say that the new national academic pay spine could cause difficulties because it "means that we cannot, without justification, pay someone who falls on a clear pay-...
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Common cause
Proposals to merge the still unrecognised ethnic-Albanian University of Tetovo with our institution, one of the three fully recognised and accredited universities in Macedonia, aroused our interest...
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Outcome of the stakeholders' consultation resulting from COM(2003)131 on the Environmental Technology Action Plan (ETAP) (link)
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 Outcome of the stakeholders' consultation resulting from COM(2003)131 Summary of comments made 72 responses received Very wide range of contributors, with a large input from UK...
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European conference on financing innovation
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 A European conference on financing innovation will take place on 11 and 12 September in Östersund, Sweden. The main focus of the conference will be examples of bottom-up...
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New European PC-based radar system to increase shipping safety
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 A project funded under EUREKA has developed a PC-based radar system enabling ship crews and coastguards to see each other's radar images. The technology should lead to increased...
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World's space agencies voice support for ISS
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 The heads of the world's space agencies have declared their continuing support for the international space station (ISS) despite the recent problems following the loss of the...
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Commission publishes guidelines for financing regional electronic communications infrastructure
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 The Commission has published a set of guidelines on the conditions and procedures governing the implementation of EU structural funds in the electronic communication sector. The...
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Ion drives: Science fiction or science fact?
Paris, 30 Jul 2003 Science fiction movie fans know that, if you want to travel short distances from your home planet, you would use a sublight 'ion drive'. However, is such an ion drive science...
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ESF designs syllabus for clinical-trial investigation training
Brussels, 30 Jul 2003 In preparation for the implementation phase of the EU clinical trials directive, the European Science Foundation (ESF) has developed a training syllabus aimed at harmonising...
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Today's news
A levels should stay, says teaching union Ministers should keep faith with A levels rather than pursue plans for a radical shake-up of the sixth-form curriculum, the Professional Association of...
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Europe's youth and young professionals react to space policy proposals
Brussels, 29 Jul 2003 A group of youths and young professionals working in the field of space have contributed to the debate on a European space policy with a list of recommendations, including a...
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Number of cancer-related deaths in EU falling, claims study
Brussels, 29 Jul 2003 A recent study claims that deaths resulting from cancer are falling in the European Union. The study, published in the annals of oncology journal, is based on the results of the...