Ivan Ruddock: review
Lord Kelvin: Revolutionary Scientist. The Hunterian Museum, Glasgow University In 1834, a ten-year-old boy enrolled as a student at Glasgow University. Aged 17, he moved to Cambridge University,...
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Cheers, smears and leers
The party launching the Times Higher Awards, held at the National Portrait Gallery last Wednesday night, was a glitzy affair that for many will remain a bit of a blur. But in the sober light of day...
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Finger on the pulse
Our reporters are, of course, known fortheir ability to glide effortlessly around higher education soirees. But a few conversations at the party began very inaus-piciously. One journalist was heard...
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Party politics
One might have assumed that the Shadow Science Minister Robert Key would be pleased that party guests were speculating about whether Labour would put him in charge of the House of Commons Science and...
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Can't switch off
Finally, if you have ever had cause to wonder whether Universities UK or the Association of University Teachers union are really committed to their mission, we have proof that they are indeed...
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Why I think universities must fight harder for academic freedom
There is a curious relationship between universities and the Government in Britain. Crudely summed up, it is the inverse of "he who pays the piper calls the tune". In the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s...
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Last rites, old wrongs
We have a duty to treat the dead with respect, just as we do the living, insists Antoon De Baets The demographer Carl Haub recently guesstimated that since the dawn of the human race some 106 billion...
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Cheap and nasty vote winners
Cynical debate over immigration policies hides the real reason for border controls, says Alex Callinicos It has become depressingly clear that the coming general election may be dominated by a...
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Protest disrupts lecture by Israeli
Academics and politicians have condemned pro-Palestinian students who disrupted a lecture by Israel's ambassador to Italy at the University of Florence. Twenty or so protesters shouted down the...
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Next Week
FISTFUL OF FUNDING Who are the winners and losers in this year's Hefce allocations? PLUS Nancy Rothwell fights the urge to sell off Manchester University during her month standing in for the vice-...
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Irish Position Regarding the 7th RTD Framework Programme of the EU
Brussels, 03 Mar 2005 Full text of Document 6925/05 Suite of documents 6925/05 Please fined attached the Irish position relating to the Seventh Framework Programme and Future European Policy to...
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European research infrastructures: a means to boost knowledge and fuel growth
Brussels, 3 March 2005 Advances in material science - which studies the structure, properties and performance of the materials all around us - are crucial to Europe’s leadership in the...
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Molecular architects of another kind
Brussels, 03 Mar 2005 A project to create a common platform for researchers working in the field of 'biological crystallography' is underway thanks to EU funding via the Sixth Framework Programme (...
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FP6 project provides efficient tracking system for parcels
Brussels, 03 Mar 2005 A successful Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project has developed a novel system that provides real-time, intelligent, end-to-end tracking and tracing for items and parcels...
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ECOSTAR project produces roadmap for lowering costs of solar power
Brussels, 03 Mar 2005 The Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) project ECOSTAR has drawn up a roadmap for making solar electricity competitive, citing research results indicating that the cost of creating...