Who got that job?
Paul Hannon Job advertised in The Times Higher , July 11 2003 Paul Hannon has become the first professor of incubation and enterprise at the University of Central England. He joined UCE from De...
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Pointless tedium - don't you just love it?
Neither lecturers nor students enjoy exams, so why do we have them? Perhaps we have a twisted sadomasochistic streak, writes Nathan Abrams. I have an exam paper for you. Three questions. Three hours...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Val Taylor Age: 49 Job: Lecturer in drama at the University of East Anglia Salary: At the top of...
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Next week
A tale of two universities How Oxford and Wolverhampton measure up. Also Cuba after Castro : the second in our State of Democracy series looks at life after Fidel. Wlaffying, chyteryng, harryng, and...
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Commission Communication: "Decommissioning of Nuclear Installations and Waste Management - Nuclear Liabilities Arising Out of the Activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) Carried Out Under the Eu
Brussels, May 2004 Full text of Document 9818/04 Suite of documents 9818/04 Delegations will find attached Commission document SEC(2004) 621 final. [...] [Public Info Net automatically generates...
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The Day After Tomorrow - Background Information on Climate Scenarios
Copenhagen, May 2004 'The Day After Tomorrow,' the northern hemisphere is plunged into an ice age as global climate change causes the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic to 'switch off.' Pure fiction?...
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Women and Science: "Statistics in Focus" from Eurostat on "Women, science and technology: Measuring recent progress towards gender equality"
Brussels, May 2004 Full text DG Research http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/research/i ndex_en.html
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UK government turns its thoughts to FP7
Brussels, May 2004 The UK government has become one of the first to initiate a consultation process with a view to preparing its position on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), due to begin in...
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Finns explain what makes them world leaders in ICT
Brussels, May 2004 At an information session on Finnish/EU ICT and IST Strategy in Brussels on 26 May, participants outlined Finland's strategy over the next four years for remaining the lead...
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German and Italian researchers add one billion years to the age of the universe
Brussels, May 2004 A team of German and Italian astrophysicists has discovered that some of the nuclear fusion reactions inside stars take place more slowly than was previously thought, meaning that...
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International conference on brain drain
Brussels, May 2004 The French 'Cité des sciences et de l'industrie', in collaboration with the British Council, and the German and Italian Embassies, is organising an international conference on '...
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13th European business and innovation centre network congress
Brussels, May 2004 EBN, the European business and innovation centre (BIC) network, is holding its 13th annual congress in Malaga, Spain, on 17 and 18 June. This year's congress will focus on...
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Today's news
Golden brooch makes Oxford women blue Women are finally equals in the Oxford University sports scene. Well, sort of. For years men who have received an Oxford Blue for sporting prowess have been...
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Are you (a) depressed or (b) depressed?
Increased choice appears to allow us to shop for the perfect life, yet it doesn't make us happy. Barry Schwartz explains why students, in particular, are glummer than ever. Citizens in industrial...
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Wake up, activists are pounding on doors of ivory towers
Academics espouse the ideology of multiculturalism but it is often only to satisfy their own goals, says Rahila Gupta. When activists decide to tell their own story and analyse their own practice,...