On the right track for inclusion 3
Chris Cooper (Letters, THES , December 6) tells us that he teaches and researches in pure biochemistry. I am sure we would all like to know what "pure biochemistry" is. Could there be an "impure...
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Words of support
We are writing in support of Mona Baker, who is under investigation by the University of Manchester Institute for Science and Technology for removing two Israeli members from the editorial board of a...
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Shortcircuit degrees
John Sutherland is too cautious: surely we could downsize his proposal for a one-year undergraduate degree to six months ("Why I, THES , December 6). After all, 360 modular credit hours will,...
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Teaching truths? 1
One has to sympathise with the teaching-quality problems faced by Graham Gibbs' daughters at their research university ("Research strategy limits the teaching of students", THES , November 29). One...
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Teaching truths? 2
Graham Gibbs' daughters' experience of late and little feedback may be because of the large number of students and a tight turnaround time. How can coursework increase students' learning experience...
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Contract for comfort
Sean McGough is right to highlight the plight of postgraduate students ("Call to boost pay for postgrad teachers", THES , November 29). But there is hope. Some institutions have moved to fractional...
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Gender offender 1
Michael Rennie, writing from a department where just one in five academic staff is female, believes that higher salaries and time will solve gender imbalance in science (Letters, THES , December 6)....
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Gender offender 2
Michael Rennie criticises the Greenfield report recommendations on women in science for increasing "competition for science jobs between the sexes". Does he prefer less competition? That has led to...
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Gender offender 3
It is wishful thinking to suppose society will become "gender blind" over time. Look at the trends, despite 47 per cent of bioscience graduates in 1970 being female, only 9 per cent have since...
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Two FP6 workshops to aid UK researchers
Brussels, 11 Dec 2002 Two workshops relating to the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) are being held at St John's Innovation Centre, Cambridge, UK in January 2003. The first event, entitled 'Getting a...
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MSG-1 first image unveiled
Paris, 11 Dec 2002 This dramatic image of the Earth is the first from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-1) satellite, launched 28 August. This image is a colour composite derived from three of the...
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Commission launches public consultation on language learning
Brussels, 11 December 2002 Ten years of significant investment by the European Union in schemes to promote language learning and linguistic diversity culminated in the highly successful European Year...
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90 Marie Curie proposals prepared due to 'Fellows for Industry' initiative
Brussels, 11 Dec 2002 An initiative co-funded by the European Commission under the innovation-SMEs sub-section of the Fifth Framework Programme has led to the submission of 50 Individual Marie Curie...
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ESA presents Integral's first images
Paris, 11 Dec 2002 Integral, the European Space Agency's gamma-ray satellite, has taken its first images and collected its first scientific data. These 'first-light' images confirm that Integral is...
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Cash boost to British science
Brussels, 11 Dec 2002 The UK Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, unveiled new plans for the Department of Trade and Industry's record science budget over the next three years on 9 December...