Letter: Back foreign affairs
I was concerned to learn that the future of the Quality Assurance Agency's programme of overseas review visits might be in question. ("QAA role 'essential' overseas", THES , February 15). This work...
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Letter: Unsensational result
The sensationalising of lesbian sexuality that June Purvis talks of (Letters, THES, February 15) is not helped by Martin Pugh who accuses suffragette Annie Kenney of leading a promiscuous lesbian...
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Letter: Which Welsh place?
Derec Llwyd Morgan signs his letter defending the federal structure in Wales as "senior vice-chancellor, University of Wales, Cardiff" ( THES , January 25). What he means is, senior vice-chancellor...
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Leader: Education will suffer if just treated as a service
British universities and staff are understandably concerned at the potential opening of the home market to foreign competition - possibly at the British taxpayer's expense - implicit in the General...
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Leader: Lack of research cash leaves hard choices for many
Politicians who think students should pay more to go to university support the argument by pointing to graduates' enhanced earning power. Nobody disagrees that college education brings advantages. So...
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What do we make of our children?
Can IQ be linked to parenting? Harriet Swain asks Peter Hobson about some unsettling ideas in his latest book. Peter Hobson is feeling self-conscious. You can tell. He flaps his arms around more when...
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In the game of seeking out sponsors, institutions may be gambling their integrity
As US universities depend ever more on corporate largesse to fill their coffers, Stephen Phillips looks at the impact on funding of the Enron scandal. Enron professor of economics Mark Wohar shuns...
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Inspiration, power, simplicity - but above all, beauty
Four scientists select a favourite equation and explain its appeal: • E=mc² Peter Galison, Harvard University In May 1905, while working as a Swiss patent officer, the 26-year-old Albert Einstein...
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Through perfect balance we find universal beauty
Although scientific equations are not easily accessible, like painting and poetry, they possess a unique aesthetic value, argues Graham Farmelo. Westminster Abbey is not the sort of place you would...
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Artemis starts its journey to final orbit
Paris, 20 February 2002 Thanks to ion propulsion, the Artemis mission is turning near-defeat into a success story. Nominal operations could start this summer, with ESA's satellite, manufactured by...
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From today's UK papers
Education 'leads way on reform' Education is the trail-blazer in the government's drive to use the private sector to improve public services, Estelle Morris, education secretary, said yesterday....
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Council Working Party on Atomic Questions: agenda - Brussels, 27 February 2002
Brussels, 20 February 2002 TELEX Nº T0814EN of 19.2.2002 (19.02) Full text MEETING: WORKING PARTY ON ATOMIC QUESTIONS DATE: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2002 TIME: 10.00 VENUE: Council Secretariat JUSTUS...
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Austria presents report on conclusions of 2001 Vienna Conference on role of precaution in chemicals policy
Brussels, 20 February 2002 International Conference "The Role of Precaution in Chemicals Policy" (Vienna ­ November 2001) ­ Intervention by the Austrian Delegation. Cover note from...
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Call for tenders to promote SMEs' participation in standardisation process
Brussels, 20 February 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has announced a call for tenders for the promotion of participation by SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises), crafts enterprises...
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Commission working paper on benchmarking national R&D policies
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Commission Staff Working Paper entitled: "Benchmarking National RTD Policies: First Results". Cover note from Mr Bernhard ZEPTER, Deputy Secretary-General of the European...