Modules work in US
Modular courses came about as combined honours courses, which had lower student entry requirements than traditional honours degrees ("Students choke on bite-sized learning", THES , October 4; Letters...
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No Berlusconi stooge
Domenico Pacitti's review of Paul Ginsborg's Italy and its Discontents (Books, THES , September ) offers a highly distorted view of the book's contents as well as of its author. He accuses Ginsborg...
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No place for Yiddish
London University's School of Oriental and African studies is no place for serious Jewish studies. It has too few lecturers and the ideological environment is uncomfortable ("Outcry as Soas drops...
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Who audits the audit?
Audit is usually associated with testing veracity rather than with seeking to raise standards ("A system poisoned by deceit", THES , October 4). The focus can be the system of accountability from...
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Man U study offside 1
The basis of Adam Brown's research that the provenance of Manchester United fans can be determined by reference to the address to which the season ticket is sold will cause wry amusement here in...
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Man U study offside 2
Has the THES really nothing better to include on its front cover than a report on a known Manchester United fan and club apologist's work? Even more baffling is that the Economic and Social Research...
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Bucking pay trend
Geoffrey Copland asserts that this year's pay award is "innovative and reasonable" (Letters, THES , October 4). The Universities and Colleges Employers Association commissioned the 1999 Bett report...
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Commission clears plan for disposal of radioactive waste from Hunterston A power station
Brussels, 16 October 2002 Commission opinion of 10 October 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the dismantling of the Hunterston A power station located in the...
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Further evidence of a giant black hole in our galaxy discovered by European astronomers
Brussels, 16 Oct 2002 An international team of astronomers, including groups from Germany and France, have observed an otherwise normal star orbiting what they believe to be a supermassive black hole...
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Commission project to tackle 'killer bacteria'
Brussels, 16 Oct 2002 An EU project involving 11 European laboratories is to study Group A streptococci (GAS) infections, also known as 'killer bacteria' due to the speed at which they can develop....
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MoU on COST research project "Characterisation of paper surfaces for improved printing paper grades" (link)
Brussels, 16 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 265/02 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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MoU on COST Research project "New Materials and Systems for Prestressed Concrete Structures"
Brussels, 16 Oct 2002 Full text of Document 264/02 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action 534 "New Materials and...
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The European Research Area: The Member States must do more, says the Commission
Brussels, 16 October 2002 Philippe Busquin, the European Research Commissioner today put forward suggestions for promoting the European Research Area initiative. The communication entitled "Providing...
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Busquin calls for networking of national agriculture research programmes
Brussels, 16 Oct 2002 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for the creation of a European platform on plant science through the networking of national research programmes. The...
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OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook
Paris, 16 Oct 2002 Nations and private companies, spurred by the need to accelerate innovation, are shaking up their approach to research and development. That's one of the conclusions in the OECD's...