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Five per cent of academics aged between 35 and 40 "don't know" whether they are actively pursuing a career outside academe ( Times Higher survey, September 17). Should someone in authority be...
Five per cent of academics aged between 35 and 40 "don't know" whether they are actively pursuing a career outside academe ( Times Higher survey, September 17). Should someone in authority be...
As if there aren't enough Grumpy Old Men writing for The Times Higher , no sooner do I renew my subscription than you announce Frank Furedi is to be a regular feature. True to the form of his...
I have a great deal of sympathy and empathy with the difficulties described in the Soapbox on contract researchers (August 6). I was on fixed-term research contracts for the first eight years of my...
As a member of the Department for Education and Skills working group on disabled students allowances (DSAs) and specific learning difficulties, I would like to point out several errors in the Soapbox...
"Today's students need much more spoon-feeding than previous generations of undergraduates" - Times Higher survey, September 17 Imogen? Is that you lurking outside the door? Do come in. Please sit...
Two international conferences in less than a month have focused on the relationship between higher education and the media - testament, if any were required, to the growing recognition that the two...
Most honorary degrees are uncontroversial, awarded as they are to eminent academics or figures who have a longstanding association with a university. But recent months have seen a rash of awards that...
An unprecedented alliance of university heads is gearing up for a fresh revolt against the 2008 research assessment exercise. Vice-chancellors believe they were duped into agreeing to the plans for...
London's reputation as a knowledge capital is well earned but we must ensure equal access, insists Ken Livingstone. London has always been a beacon of knowledge and progress. Its universities have...
'Duped' v-cs plot RAE revolt An unprecedented alliance of university heads is gearing up for a fresh revolt against the 2008 research assessment exercise. Vice-chancellors believe they were duped...
Brussels, 22 Sep 2004 Janez Potocnik, the Commissioner designate for Science and Research under the new Barroso Commission, has responded to a questionnaire prepared by MEPs in order to provide an...
Brussels, 22 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 3291/04 1. GALILEO - Negotiation directives concerning a cooperation agreement with Ukraine Doc. 12104/04 TRANS 7 MAR 152 AVIATION 160 RECH 162 W. Doc....
Brussels, 22 Sep 2004 Full text of Document 12502/04 Suite of documents 12502/04 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2605th meeting of the COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (COMPETITIVENESS - Internal Market,...
Brussels, 22 Sep 2004 Ramon Marimon, the principal author of the mid-term evaluation on the new instruments introduced under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), met with the new Research...
Brussels, 22 Sep 2004 German athlete Wojtek Czyz broke the Paralympic record for the 100 metres in the T42 category at the Athens Paralympics on 21 September and used space technology to do so. He is...