Poor intelligence 1
Here we go again in the IQ debate: claim and counterclaim; much heat, little light ("Professor under fire for racist views", THES , May 17). Those interested in this debate should read the findings...
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Poor intelligence 3
Why is it that Geoffrey Sampson of the University of Sussex is under pressure to resign for publishing an article stating "there's nothing wrong with racism" and claiming that racism is "natural",...
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Poor intelligence 2
Would not the most appropriate reward for Geoffrey Sampson's contribution to scientific and cultural debates be promotion from a chair to a high chair? Malcolm Hardman University of Warwick
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Laurie Taylor column
Lapping speaking It's Maureen. Sorry to bother you when you're only in mid-seminar but I've got the BBC on the line. Someone called Julian wanting to know about your availability for a television...
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Leader: Support, not ambition, is key to participation
The findings of this week's MORI survey of young people's university ambitions deserves to change practices and policies. The survey shows that evangelising summer schools and outreach missions,...
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Leader: Even non-paying should get invite to funding party
Politicians promising money normally implies the imminence of an election. So the sight of prime minister Tony Blair speaking out yesterday on the importance of properly funded science, only weeks...
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Scenarios for co-existence of genetically modified, conventional and organic crops in European agriculture
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Report from the Joint Research Centre (JRC), as commissioned by the Agriculture Directorate-General, now available at http://www.jrc.cec.eu.int/GECrops/ and http://www.jrc.es/...
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Commission rejects allegations of deliberate GM report delays
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The European Commission has rejected allegations from environmental campaigners Greenpeace that it was holding back publication of a new report on GMO (genetically modified...
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IRMM's "Beef Gender Testing" taken up in EU legislation
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Geel (BE): EU export and import of beef carries a subsidy difference of some 130 EUROS per 100 kg of meat depending on whether the beef is declared as male (considered to be...
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Commission's statement for the minutes, Council's information note and note on Parliament's approval of FP6 and Euratom Programme
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and...
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Major new private research institution created in Basque country
Brussels, 22 May 2002 A new grouping of research centres in the Basque country, Spain, has created what it claims to be the fifth largest private technological institution in Europe. The new...
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Galileo: point approuvé sans débat au Conseil, 21 May 2002
Brussels, 22 May 2002 Le Conseil a adopté le règlement relatif à une entreprise commune GALILEO, système de navigation par satellite (doc. 7637/02). L'entreprise commune a pour objet d'assurer l'...
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Closing date approaches for Slovenian national research programme tenders
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The Slovenian government has opened up its national research programme to research partners from the EU with the publication of a call for tenders. The call follows a decision...
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Commission publishes Leonardo da Vinci call for proposals
Brussels, 22 May 2002 The European Commission has published a call for proposals under the second phase of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme, which supports vocational training within the EU. This call...
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Today's news
Blue-chip talent to help poor schools Britain’s brightest graduates are to be invited to spend two years’ “national service” teaching in London’s roughest schools before heading off to lucrative jobs...