Poor diagnosis for medic 'crisis' 2
So, "young women" need to realise that "the normal working pattern of a trained doctor is incompatible with family life"? But such a working pattern is acceptable for fathers, is it? Pam Lunn...
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Poor diagnosis for medic 'crisis' 3
Enough doctors? Only if we free the market in medical training. Your editorial is correct: there cannot be too many women doctors and the medical profession is "focusing on the wrong issue". We need...
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Get story straight
Kenneth Cardwell's article, "Try teaching democracy in an occupied territory", (Opinion, THES , April 12) is a one-sided, political diatribe about the present crisis in the Middle East. Cardwell's...
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Laurie Taylor
" New code of practice at the University of Central England requires all academics to provide specific details of the work they have been doing on those days when they claim to be 'working at home...
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Leader: Soup-to-nuts multiversity is the right recipe
Diversity is the new holy grail of higher education policy; so easy to extol, so hard to achieve. Two models are emerging: diversity between institutions and diversity within institutions. Diversity...
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Leader: Time to let go of sinking national pay schemes?
Unions are clinging to national pay bargaining while all around tides of differential pay are rising. Professors have flown the coop, their pay negotiated individually. This route, together with...
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Comments from EEA EFTA States on the Proposed GM Food and Feed Regulation
Luxembourg, 17 April 2002 Full text I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The EEA EFTA States welcome the proposal for the regulation on genetically modified (GM) food and feed. This represents a major initiative...
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Icelandic government keen to back future biotech development
Brussels, 17 April 2002 The Icelandic government announced last week its plan to introduce legislation allowing it to provide financial guarantees as part of a general initiative to encourage...
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Today's news
Budget roundup Education awaits bigger prize in spending review In his budget, the chancellor promised rises in the direct grants sent to all 24,000 headteachers as part of a £0 million package to...
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Destruction of experimental GMO field trials is unacceptable, says Busquin
Brussels, 17 April 2002 Following the destruction of an experimental field trial with genetically modified colza in Alost, Belgium, last week, the latest in a series of recent attacks on field trials...
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Food safety authority should be up and running by the end of the year, says Byrne
Brussels, 17 April 2002 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) should be operational by the end of 2002, according to Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner David Byrne. Speaking at a...
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Genome conference calls for research transparency
Brussels, 17 April 2002 An international conference on the human genome has heard that total transparency in research is vital if the public are see the work of geneticists and cell technologists in...
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Update: 12:15
Funding chiefs mull future shape of UK HE Funding chiefs meeting in Manchester today are considering the shape of higher education for the next ten years. Universities will be expected to excel in at...
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Commission discusses ICT with both USA and China
Brussels, 16 April 2002 The information society and telecoms regulations have been the subjects of discussion between the Commission and both the USA and China at the beginning of April. EU...
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ESC calls for GMO information campaign
Brussels, 16 April 2002 A European Commission information campaign is necessary to inform the public of the risks and benefits of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), according to the Economic and...