Alison Wolf
A system of professional standards for academics will be meaningless and will discriminate against contract researchers Why do people keep hammering away at ideas and answers that are demonstrably...
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My revolting past
Steve Jones recalls going from stealing Tory election leaflets in Edinburgh to facing armed police in a protest in Chicago While most students remember their first night at college, geneticist Steve...
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Desperate for dates at Natfhe
With top-up fees about to make it onto the statute books, concerns about low pay forcing an exodus from Britain's universities, and research concentration leading to teaching-only universities, there...
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Boris and his Imperial advances
Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, the well-connected former principal of the faculty of medicine at Imperial College London, is reported to be rising fast. Having turned down an approach for the...
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Hands are off the helm
Sir Keith O'Nions, the new director-general of the research councils, received a bruising in Private Eye this week, with employees of the Natural History Museum, where he is chairman of the board of...
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A tenner says it isn't free
Meanwhile, Lawrence Lessig, a law professor from Stanford University, flew in last week to give us Brits a lesson in innovation. Speaking at the Royal Geographical Society last week, Professor Lessig...
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Why I believe Lambert is out of touch with modern industry
The government is finalising its detailed response to Richard Lambert's review of business-university collaboration. But was the review sufficiently in touch with the changing nature of the UK...
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Diversify to survive
How can UK universities adapt to global market forces, ask Ted Tapper and David Palfreyman The UK government may be concerned with expanding participation in higher education, but national pressures...
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Discord clouds the horizon
Roger Brown argues that the higher education bill is unlikely to stop the wrangling over quality and standards There has been much talk of the "light touch" quality regime since its introduction, but...
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Solution to Dr Willmott's plagiarism puzzle
The sentence “However, it is important…” has a distinctly different and more authoritative ‘voice’ than the rather casual opening sentence. Just for good measure, the citation is bogus; an attempt to...
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Today's news
Cover-up at Checkpoint Charlie Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin has been covered in blue plastic to stop drama students from exploiting the most famous cold war border crossing for profit. The young...
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Finalised Text of Council Decision on the Cooperation Agreement with Israel on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (link)
Brussels, 03 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 9481/04 Suite of documents 9481/04 Subject: Council Decision on the signing, on behalf of the Community, of the Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global...
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Finalised Text of the Cooperation Agreement with Israel on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (link)
Brussels, 03 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 9482/04 Suite of documents 9482/04 Subject: Cooperation Agreement on a Civil Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) between the European Community and...
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Some chemicals found in consumer goods damage children's brain development, says WWF Study
Brussels, 03 Jun 2004 A report by the World Wide Fund (WWF) has found that some chemical substances found in consumer goods like television sets, furniture, fish and meat prevent children's brains...
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Fossil fuels responsible for tens of thousands of deaths a year, says report
Brussels, 03 Jun 2004 A recent report published by the French Agency for Health and Environmental Safety (AFSSE) claims that the unrestrained consumption of fossil fuels is killing tens of thousands...