Raising the impact of COST through competition
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 One of the oldest organisations supporting European research, COST (European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research) is initiating reforms that will...
Search
-
-
Building a new generation of research infrastructures for a competitive Europe of knowledge
Brussels, 08 Dec 2005 Access to effective research infrastructures in Europe is a key factor for competitiveness in both fundamental and applied research, said Science and Research Commissioner Janez...
-
The Authority prolongs its State Aid Guidelines on short term export credit insurance and aid for research & development
Brussels, 7 December 2005 The EFTA Surveillance Authority decided today to prolong its State Aid Guidelines on short term export credit insurance until 30 June 2006 or until the date the Authority...
-
After 60 days in bed, it's time to get up! Second ESA/CNES experiment ends
Paris, 08 Dec 2005 The second round of the women 'bed rest' experiment being carried out by ESA and CNES has now been completed. The 12 volunteers are back on their feet again, after spending two...
-
Laurie Taylor Column
From: Maureen To: All members of department It's that time of year again, so I thought I'd remind you of the traditional treats of the season. 1. Christmas party Last year's decision to abandon the...
-
Leader: Cameron faces difficult choices
With Labour's "education, education, education" increasingly reverting to an exclusive concentration on the primary and secondary phases, the presence of "well-funded universities" among the...
-
Leader: Unity needs harmony
Academics' enthusiasm for a merged trade union made even the Tories' support for David Cameron look positively lukewarm: the turnout may have been lower, but almost 90 per cent backing for the...
-
Hi-tech play is fair game as art 1
I was a little disappointed that computer scientists and English academics alone were asked to "ponder whether computer games could be artistic equals of great novels" ("Lara can hold a candle to...
-
Hi-tech play is fair game as art 2
I sense a category error: it is not for the Booker prize that some future computer game will be shortlisted ("The prize for literature goes to...," December 12) but for the Turner prize. And talking...
-
Ludicrous lose-lose
The fact that students are likely to have their university bursaries delayed due to data protection requirements ("A missed tick could bite into bursaries", December 2) highlights a ludicrous...
-
'Don't call us skivers'
I would ask that The Times Higher apologises to Birmingham University staff for using the phrase "skiving off" in the article "V-c raps staff who skip graduation", (November 25). It is offensive to...
-
Hunt on wrong track 1
Manchester University has sought to increase its profile through the appointment of Nobel laureates, with the first appointee to be paid an initial package worth £250,000 ("Manchester offer entices...
-
Hunt on wrong track 2
A world in which desperate universities hunt down research stars in a quest for cash may resonate with the cynics, but for many of us this is not the case ("RAE poachers take big game", December 2)....
-
Hunt on wrong track 3
Presumably the poaching of entire research teams ahead of the research assessment exercise is confined to science departments. Humanities departments are still rejecting applicants who have published...
-
Communal research
I have been reading recent letters and articles about the web and plagiarism. While not wishing to deny that there is a problem, I find myself asking whether there hasn't been a qualitative change in...