Jettison the jargon
Graduate students need training in writing for the general public and only radical reform of doctoral programmes will attenuate what David Cannadine calls the "dismal prose or impenetrable jargon" of...
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Gats gains and losses
The US is on the hunt for overseas higher education markets, and the European Union looks like a prime target given its size and perceived "protectionism" ("V-cs seek openness in talks on free trade...
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A search for style 1
In response to Roger Lindsay (Letters, THES , July 26), we acknowledge that a marker's subject expertise might well be expected to affect assessment. However, in our study we found little evidence to...
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Do you copy?
Valerie Atkinson fails to advise on some fine opportunities for plagiarism presented by the worldwide web: simply put the material on a webpage and backdate it (Soapbox, THES , July 26). Any litigant...
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Outcome of Parliament's first reading on the proposed regulation concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms, with the Commission's preliminary position on the adopted amen
Brussels, 31 July 2002 Full text 29 July 2002 INFORMATION NOTE Subject: Proposal for a European Parliament and Council regulation concerning traceability and labelling of genetically modified...
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Gap between scientific publishing activity in developed and developing countries widens
Brussels, 31 July 2002 The gap between scientific publishing activity in the developed and developing world is increasing, according to a letter published in the journal 'Science'. The letter, from...
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Agenda for the COST Biomaterials Group meeting of 19 August
Brussels, 31 July 2002 Full text MEETING: COST JAF BioMat Group DATE: 19 August 2002 TIME: 09h00 VENUE: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zentrum Hauptgebäude Room HG F33.5 Rämistrasse 101 CH-...
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Compromise on bio-ethics achieves broad support - Final deal within reach on EU’s 6th Research Framework Programme (2002-2006)
Copenhagen, 31 July 2002 The Danish Presidency of the European Union is upbeat that a compromise on bio-ethics will receive broad approval from Member States, thereby paving the way for the Council...
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UK launches programme to support collaborative research in new technologies
Brussels, 31 July 2002 The UK has announced a 20 million GBP (nearly 32 million euro) research programme aimed at encouraging collaborative research in the pre-competitive stage between industry,...
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Preventing abuse of the '.eu' domain
Brussels, 31 July 2002 The European Commission is seeking the views of the public on what should be done to counteract speculative and abusive registration of domain names in the future '.eu' top...
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Countries with biotechnology statistics increase by almost 500 per cent
Brussels, 31 July 2002 Some 17 countries, including seven EU Member States now have official statistics on biotechnology, almost a five-fold increase from the year 2000, it emerged at a recent OECD (...
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CORDIS gateway to the latest information on FP6
Brussels, 31 July 2002 CORDIS, the European Commission's Research and Development Information Service, is publishing a gateway page to provide users with newly available information on the Sixth...
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Space tech and textiles
Paris, 31 July 2002 Earlier this month ESA’s Technology Transfer Network met with 72 representatives of 53 European and Canadian textile companies in Lille, France. The idea - to brainstorm how...
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Update: 12:50
Report calls for online teaching resources Teachers and lecturers should have access to a new "College Online" offering learning resources, according to the report of the Post 16 e-Learning Strategy...
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Today's news
Bomb kills seven at Israeli university A bomb at a student cafeteria in Jerusalem killed seven people and injured more than 60 yesterday in the first Palestinian attack on a university during almost...