JRC seeks to reduce animal testing
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Ahead of the EU directive to abolish animal testing in scientific experiments if an alternative test exists, the European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM...
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EU funds world-class 'organic light' project
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The European Commission is funding one of the world's largest joint research projects in the field of white organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), which aims to develop and...
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Finland sets out development strategy for public research
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The Finnish government has adopted a resolution on the structural development of the public research system, outlining future strategies for the organisations that guide,...
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Germany notches up another overseas university and overtakes English-speaking countries
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Germany is ahead of Anglo Saxon countries in terms of exporting its study programmes, according to the country's Education and Research Minister, Edelgard Bulmahn. As the...
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Second FEHRL road research meeting
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The second FEHRL road research meeting (FeRRM 05) will be held from 13 to 17 June in Brussels, Belgium. The event will seek to answer questions such as: - how do we develop the...
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Internet chat with genetics expert
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 Renowned genetics expert Axel Kahn will be answering questions on cloning and stem cells via Canal Chat on 23 May. Dr Kahn is president of the European Commission's high level...
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eInclusion study - call for tenders
Brussels, 28 Apr 2005 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for a study on the status of eInclusion measurement, analysis and approaches for improvement. The contractor will be...
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Today's news
Polls put Lib Dems as party of education Labour's reputation as the party of the education sector is likely to come to an end on May 5, as teachers, academics and students turn towards the Liberal...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"A new guide challenges assumptions that disciplines such as religious studies are of little use in the workplace" - The Times Higher, April 22. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that III has...
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Leader: Labour offers the best chance of a secure future
People who work in universities and colleges do not need this newspaper to tell them how to vote. While higher education policy may be particularly important to them, academics (and students) will be...
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Boycott the unfair AUT boycott 1
As a delegate to the utterly shameful Association of University Teachers Council last week, I think it important to supply a correction to reports on the "debate" leading to the approval of three of...
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Boycott the unfair AUT boycott 2
I have decided to resign from the AUT over its unfair and malign decision to boycott two Israeli universities, and I urge all other members of the AUT to join me. In the first place, the actions of...
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Boycott the unfair AUT boycott 3
There are very many differences between the academic boycotts of the South African universities under apartheid and the recent AUT boycotts of Israeli universities. Here is just one difference: there...
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Boycott the unfair AUT boycott 4
As democrats, socialists, advocates of Israeli withdrawal from the Occupied Territories and supporters of the right of the Palestinian people to an independent state of their own, alongside Israel,...
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Vital lesson 1
The article "Lecturers bored by lessons in teaching" (April 22) presents, at best, one view of postgraduate teaching courses. Selectivity is, of course, inherent in journalistic routines, but I was...