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  1. So driven

    It was no surprise to see Rama Thirunamachandran, director of research at the Higher Education Funding Council for England, giving one of the opening speeches at the Research Administrators Group...

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  2. Controversial, moi?

    Following Dr Thirunamachandran onto the conference stage was another familiar higher education starlet, top-up fees rebel Ian Gibson. Dr Gibson, who has been accused of courting publicity, announced...

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  3. Now you CMU it, now you don't

    Academics love a good acronym. It is that little string of capital letters that makes an organisation feel weighty: Hefce, UUK, Natfhe, Birps (the British Institutions Reflection Profiling Syndicate...

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  4. It's an eat-dog world for Tories

    We dialled Tory higher education spokesperson Chris Grayling's pager number and a recording said: "You've reached Battersea Dogs Home. To eat your dog, press 29. To shoot your dog, press 54. If you'd...

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  6. Treasury bias clouds blue-skies science

    Leading scientists are worried that some areas of research will be left out in the cold if the Treasury selects particular fields to be financially rewarded in its ten-year plan for science. Clinical...

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  7. Cross address

    (Photograph) - Cross address: comedian Eddie Izzard has backed students and staff fighting plans to close the University of East Anglia's languages and drama departments. Mr Izzard, who holds an...

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  8. Chair is wheelie good to talk to

    It will talk to you when you are feeling down, wheel you where you need to go and even contact your family if you need a hand. This is researchers' vision for "RoboChair" - a blueprint for an...

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  9. Appointments

    * The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils has announced the following management changes: Hywel Price is now director of CCLRC operations; Colin Whitehouse is now director of...

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  10. CEN to Start a Biometrics Focus Group

    Brussels, 20 May 2004 Biometrics is becoming increasingly important in today's society. Examples are the requirement for biometric identification mechanisms on travel documents and the use in...

  12. Possible answers to a plaguing question

    Brussels, 20 May 2004 A Soviet-era research centre may hold the key to why bubonic plague has never been stamped out. Thanks to EU and international support, four decades of data is being converted...

  13. Space takes centre stage at Berlin Air Show 2004

    Brussels, 20 May 2004 The theme of this year's space exhibit at the Berlin Air Show was 'Space for life'. Presented jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and...