Academics should not lead unexamined lives
Scholars must begin to scrutinise their practices and allow research to inform teaching, says Stephen Rowland. Higher education is the only major profession that is largely uninformed by the research...
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Alison Wolf
The French practice of seconding research experts to spending ministries is one we would do well to copy. The Government's mantra of "evidence-based policy" shows a touching determination to play to...
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Don's diary: Tango, tanks and trials in Buenos Aires
Monday The University of Buenos Aires Law School is probably the only faculty building in the world lusted after by a character in a musical. When Evita Per"n wanted the building for her own private...
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Fiery past of MoD man
After six months of devoting a meagre one day a week to his job as director-general of the research councils, Sir Keith O'Nions is at last stepping down as chief scientific adviser at the Ministry of...
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Yoghurt with no 'yucky' bits
Yeo Valley Organic has plastered the slogan "Food Scientists R Not Us" on buses across Southeast England to see if bashing boffins helps shift more bio-yoghurt. The line was coined by advertising...
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Club ties get you near goal
It used to be the old school tie that opened doors. Today, however, it seems to be football scarves that provide a leg-up. A case in point was last Wednesday's Westminster party to launch Exeter...
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Why I... believe universities could get much more impact from poets on campus
"You're not still here?" A pro vice-chancellor exclaimed in mock hysterics to a poet friend of mine in the car park of his university. Though he was joking, I couldn't help feeling that the remark...
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Don't send in the tanks
Using the Army to deter animal activists will not win over public opinion, says Bill Durodié. The Prime Minister has sanctioned deployment of the Army to protect the Pounds 18 million biomedical...
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No case for unequal treatment
Why do degree-awarding powers differ for the public and private sector? asks Geoffrey Alderman. Later this year the Government will implement new criteria for conferring degree-awarding powers. The...
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Today's news
Oh Mum! Please don’t come with me to university Parents are getting more involved in every aspect of students' lives, from attending open days to sitting in on their lectures and interviews,...
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W3C and Open Mobile Alliance Announce MoU, W3C Calls for Participation in Workshop on the "Semantic Web for Life Sciences"
29 Jul 2004 W3C and Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Establish Formal Relationship W3C and the Open Mobile Alliance ( OMA ) today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) enabling their cooperation on...
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Modified Foods Should be Judged Case-by-Case, Scientists Say
Brussels, 29 Jul 2004 Foods that have been significantly modified by genetic engineering or any other method should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis before being made available commercially,...
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Pharmaceutical giants establish fund for animal research
Brussels, 29 Jul 2004 Responding to the increasingly aggressive stance of UK animal rights campaigners, the three largest pharmaceutical companies with research facilities in the UK, Astra Zaneca,...
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New IST project aims to put Europe at forefront of e-Health
Brussels, 29 Jul 2004 The European Commission is providing 6.4 million euro to a new Network of Excellence under the Information Society Technologies (IST) priority of the Sixth Framework Programme (...
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SYNTHESYS integrated infrastructure initiative invites proposals for access grants
Brussels, 29 Jul 2004 SYNTHESYS, an integrated infrastructure initiative involving 20 of Europe's most prestigious natural history institutions and funded under the research infrastructures priority...