I'm a physicist; the nerd of the PhD student pack, if you believe the stereotype. But I haven't got a beard and I don't own a pair of sandals (the thought of sandals with socks gives me the screaming...
If SATs can widen access, we owe it to disadvantaged students to try them out, says Peter Lampl Last year, the Schwartz committee, of which I was a member, documented the mushrooming of additional...
Funding bodies are hampering universities' bid to improve the lot of contract staff, says Rachel Flecker It is encouraging to see universities tackling the casualisation of research staff, but their...
Forget course guides and handouts, Frank Furedi says students need to embrace the book I have to confess that I have a thing about books. My heart starts throbbing when I go into a library I have not...
Have you always dreamt of being the star of a courtroom drama, the jury hanging on your every word? If so, the role of expert witness is probably not for you. Harriet Swain delivers a reality check...
Name: Wayne Martin Age: 41 Job: Reader in philosophy, Essex University. Salary: More than I ever expected to make doing philosophy, but I had pretty low expectations. Background: BA, Clare College,...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I was appointed teaching fellow earlier this year at the top of the 'other related'...
New lecturers will have their teaching load halved to allow them to learn how to teach under an innovative scheme launched by De Montfort University. Three fellowships are funded through De Montfort'...
Selina Kitney Quality enhancement officer, Bath University Advertised in The Times Higher, April 8 2005. Universities stand or fall on the quality of their teaching, yet the staff who enforce these...
New jobs are in the pipeline at Northampton University thanks to the Government's house-building plans. The institution, which is advertising in this week's Times Higher , hopes to benefit from plans...
The Russian Islamic University in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, is likely to be secularised, its deputy rector, Suleyman Zaripov, revealed last week. Since it was set up in 1998 to train Muslim...
Brussels, 20 October 2005 1) What are nanotechnologies? Nanotechnologies involve the controlled production at molecular level of new materials, structures and devices, which have at least one...
Brussels, 20 October 2005 The European Commission has approved under EC Treaty state aid rules a €35.3 million risk capital fund that supports newly created innovative micro and small-sized...
Brussels, 20 October 2005 Commission Decision of 17 October 2005 laying down additional requirements for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild birds (notified under document number C(2005) 3877...
Brussels, 20 October 2005 Full text of Document 3686/05 1. Seventh Framework Programme continuation of the examination of Presidency text doc. 8087/05 RECH 80 ATO 45 COMPET 68 CODEC 266 2. A.O.B. [...