Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 A team of scientists from the University of Liverpool in the UK, in collaboration with a Belgian genomics start-up and a UK genetic analysis company, has developed a ground-...
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 Different cultures have led the EU and the US to use different approaches for tacking the same public health concerns. Yet both entities have a lot to learn from each other and...
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 A conference entitled 'Risk and emergency management - research policy and perspectives' will take place in Hanover, Germany, on 8 and 9 June. The first day will focus on...
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 The 'New Working Environments' unit of the European Commission's Information Society DG is organising a workshop entitled 'Game structures and collaborative environments', to be...
Brussels, 21 Apr 2005 The European Commission's Research DG has published a call for tenders for a contract relating to research and development (R&D) indicators and data for social sciences...
AUT votes for union merger A super union for further and higher education got its first official seal of approval from lecturers yesterday. At its annual conference in Eastbourne, the Association of...
"Record numbers of advertisements for new jobs as universities jostle for market position and prepare for the next research assessment exercise" - The Times Higher, April 15 The UNIVERSITY OF...
'In a rational world, non traditional students would be able to try a course without getting £8,000 in debt. So why not waive fees for the first term?' Top-ups may well benefit Oxbridge, but...
In today's business climate, it is crucial for universities to implement an ethical framework, says Steven Schwartz For better or worse, today's higher education institutions are deeply immersed in...
Most headlines about this week's council meeting of the Association of University Teachers have concerned the latest call for a boycott of Israeli universities - a proposal debated (and defeated) in...
This week, The Times Higher launches an advice column in its Working Knowledge section. It will answer readers' questions on employment rights, from concerns about fixed-term contracts to maternity...
Putting university candidates through multiple-choice tests ("Exam boards unveil SAT rival", April 15) to determine their "potential" marks a new phase in the degradation of education in this country...
I would like to take issue with your suggestion that the trial of the SAT that we funded found "too little variation between successful candidates at A level and in SATs" to justify its adoption (...
According to Ron McLone of Ucles, the only plausible interpretation of a picture of a cone, cylinder, sphere and a TV is that, "television has become fundamental". If you don't think that, then you...
I can do arithmetic. On a good day I can even do sentences. I am baffled by plausible reasoning. Would someone care to enlighten me? Your explanation should be sufficiently simple that even a humble...