Research role for ILT
Stephen Rowland and his colleagues are not alone in calling for changes to the research assessment exercise to encourage research into teaching in higher education ("RAE shake-up is needed before...
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Why I plan to carry on smoking in 1999
Criminologist and lecturer in sociology at Reading University. He is a patron of FOREST, the pro-smoking lobby group. I am a libertarian and I enjoy smoking. Everybody has the right to smoke and...
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Pros of the short term
Academics used to have more job protection than priests. Now they have fixed-term contracts, the change is good for all concerned, says Larry Bunt There has been a lot of complaining from the unions...
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Readers' reactions
Last month in The THES.. We asked whether UK universities needed a British version of the Modern Language Association As I left the meeting of the Council for College and University English on...
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Cutting edge
Computer-processed medical images open new horizons in surgical techniques and in research into the mechanisms of disease Modern medicine has been enormously advanced by techniques for the creation...
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French want one front in Aids fight
Ministers want more private-public cooperation to fill 'missing link' in Aids research. Jane Marshall reports French government ministers have berated drugs firms for their lack of action in fighting...
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Genetics consultation
The Human Genetics Advisory Commission will hold a series of consultations this year to help identify key issues emerging from developments in human genetics. Colin Campbell, HGAC chairman, said: "We...
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Reactionary prize takes off
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers and colleagues of Frank Whittle, the inventor of the jet engine, have joined forces to launch an award for gifted engineers. The Whittle Reactionaries Prize...
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Materials girls and boys
Twelve first-year students studying materials science and engineering have won Pounds 1,000 bursaries from the Institute of Materials. The recipients were: Colin Moore (Sheffield University); Daniel...
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Outpost of innovation
With little fanfare and no grand plan, Dundee University has quietly and gradually become a leader in medical research. Olga Wojtas reports A Pounds 5 million teaching hospital cancer unit, a Pounds...
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Cash injection raises people power
The Medical Research Council was the big winner in the spending review. It plans to put its windfall into people, by luring top talent from abroad and providing more training. Julia Hinde reports...
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Fighting sexism
Fewer women than men seek grants and research councils want this to change. But female biomedical scientists are clear about where the difficulty lies At the end of 1997 the Wellcome Trust and the...
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Medical research funding sources
This section lists funds available for researchers. Details for general research funding sources should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL and Department of Health Call...
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Golden hellos fail to lure students
Recruitment to physics teacher training courses starting this year is down by over a third despite the government's plans to give a Pounds 5,000 "golden hello" to each student, writes Alan Thomson....
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Don Foster's speech
Mr Foster also used his speech to attack the government for failing to announce the financial settlement for further education in 2001-02. He said that the sector had been banking on the...