Escarpment and landslides of Olympus Mons
Paris, 05 Aug 2004 Perspective view of scarp around Olympus Mons These images from ESA's Mars Express show the western flank of the shield volcano Olympus Mons in the Tharsis region of the western...
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Partnerships for Public Awareness
Deadline: 03/09/2004
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Earth Observation Enabling Fund
Deadline: 06/09/2004
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Laura Spence speaks out
Laura Spence, the state-school pupil whose rejection by Oxford University sparked a furious row over elitism, has broken her silence after four years at Harvard University with an appeal to British...
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Sober few shun PR glitz for academe
You may gripe about pay and work, but academics take heart - at least one student in your seminar room probably wants to be you, writes Paul Hill. When hundreds of students across the country were...
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In the news: Edzard Ernst
You know you are getting it right when you get flak from both alternative therapists and mainstream medical scientists, says Edzard Ernst, the UK's only professor of complementary medicine. Professor...
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Appointments
* Stephen Bowen , director of campaigns at Amnesty International, will combine his role in the organisation with a senior lectureship at Kingston University from September. * The Royal Northern...
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Girls of 12 diet to ape slim stars, study says
Teenage girls' obsession with slim celebrities such as Britney Spears and Victoria Beckham is leading them into yo-yo dieting that could endanger their health, according to Ulster University research...
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A post-Blair generation?
Student survey shows a sea change The typical early 21st-century undergraduate is likely to be a Liberal Democrat-voting, Sun -reading party animal who works part time in a shop and aspires to a...
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London Met exam marks to go out without external validation
London Metropolitan University plans to give some students their exam results this summer without having the standards checked by external examiners, The Times Higher has learnt. The move, which has...
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Next week
American idols As the US presidential candidates polish their lines, Paul Krugman gives his view on American power Also Admissions uncovered: testing times as universities set their own entrance...
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UKeU creditors settle
Institutions owed money by the failed UKe-university will recoup less than 20 per cent of their debt under the creditors' agreement reached last week, the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Further reach for NUS
The National Union of Students has pledged to give a stronger voice to its almost 4 million members in further education colleges. The campaign is the first mounted by Kat Fletcher, the new NUS...
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RAE seeks panel chairs
Fifteen "exceptional" academics are being sought to serve as panel chairs for the next research assessment exercise. Each chair will lead the work of ten main panel members. Applications are invited...
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No perks for scientists
Jim Wallace, Scotland's Lifelong Learning Minister, has ruled out paying science graduates larger salaries or writing off their student debts to attract them into teaching. He rejected the call from...