London, 10 February 2005 Pre-Emption Rights: Final Report http:///ww w.dti.gov.uk/cld/report_pdfs/02 -08-final-report.pdf A study by Paul Myners into the impact of shareholders' pre-emption rights on...
London, 10 February 2005 Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, today announced the appointment of Professor Keith Mason as Chief Executive and Deputy Chair of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research...
Hull scraps its maths department A university yesterday announced it is to stop teaching mathematics. Hull said it was phasing out its Bachelor of Science degree and there would be no new intake of...
Maureen, did you read The Times Higher last week? Not every word, Professor Lapping. I got caught up with odd bits of essential work. But I'll certainly keep it for my Easter Sunday break. Far too...
Just as immigration threatens to become one of the dominant themes of the general election, echoes are becoming apparent in the growing debate on the recruitment of overseas students. The same demand...
Pity the poor student who wants to enter higher education in 2006. Not because of top-up fees, the arguments for which have been well-rehearsed here and elsewhere, but for the baffling array of...
Your articles about the treatment of researchers were shocking but unsurprising ("Desperate contract staff work for no pay", February 4 and "Calls to change contract culture", January 28). Two...
A spokesperson for the Universities and Colleges Employers Association is quoted as saying that the fixed-term regulations should "iron out" the problems of research staff who are employed by...
The debate over short-term contracts for postdoctoral staff is hamstrung by the apparent failure of the Association of University Teachers to understand how research is funded. It is not in the gift...
Your article on the problems faced by contract researchers is the latest in a long history of worthy words on the subject. I look forward to the articles explaining the root causes and their possible...
Your article "What's a nice Trot doing in a place like this?" (January 28) accuses me of peddling conspiracy theories about Frank Furedi and other former members of the Revolutionary Communist Party...
So Bristol's "admission secrets" have been "revealed" in documents "released" under the Freedom of Information Act (News, February 4). Strange, given that one could paper a football pitch with old...
I am surprised that you did not refer to any of the research that provides a justification for Bristol's admission policies. Perhaps the best study to date was carried out by the Higher Education...
The reference to the Archbishop of Canterbury's degree-awarding powers being granted by the Pope is misleading ("Anointed to lead flock to study", February 4). The powers were transferred from the...
Bjorn Lomborg's argument that it is wasteful to spend money implementing the Kyoto Protocol is flawed because it inappropriately uses cost-benefit analysis ("$50 billion: how would you spend it?",...