The RAE monster is breeding a new type of scientist and he's not pretty. Tim Birkhead tells you how to cope Imagine you have recently completed your PhD and just secured a postdoctoral fellowship....
Grants from an educational trust set up by City solicitors are enabling university law schools in the UK to compete for lecturers to shore up their faculties. Pat Leon reports At least three English...
Malcolm Carr-West, 55 Job advertised in The THES , February 21, 2003 The declining popularity of engineering and the regeneration of the Thames Gateway formed the backdrop to the search for a manager...
THES/LTSN competition winner Mark Russell tells how he slashed the failure rate on an engineering module The last thing I expected on a cold Monday morning last week was a telephone call to say that...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Lindsey Martin Age: 48 Job: Academic liaison coordinator to the faculty of humanities, management, applied and social...
Greenfield's not a jolly good fellow, say irate scientists A split has developed within the Royal Society over the nomination of Baroness Greenfield for a fellowship. While supporters say the Oxford...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 After a three year exploratory period, the EU's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative is ready for the next step on the road to becoming operational,...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 With the Commission setting out proposals to establish an EU security research programme on 3 February, it is clear that many regard scientific and technological research as a...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 French and German Translations available for: approved Core Contract approved Annex II - General Conditions approved Annex III Intra-European fellowships http://europa.eu.int/...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Full text of Document 13735/03 Suite of documents 13735/03 Subject: Council Decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the International Treaty...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Mortality rates from gastric cancer in the EU have been halved between 1980 and 1999 according to a pan-European survey published on 3 February. Figures for Central Eastern...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 An international conference on increasing human resources for science and technology (S&T) in Europe will take place in Brussels, Belgium on 2 April. As part of the...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Hyperion Ltd has published a research managers' handbook entitled 'How to write a competitive proposal for FP6 [the Sixth Framework Programme]'. The publication gives an...
Brussels, 05 Feb 2004 Phytopharm 2004, a conference devoted to the phytopharmaceutical sciences and industry, will be held from 21 to 23 June in Mikkeli, Finland. The event will feature lectures from...
London, 5 February 2004 The Competition Commission (CC) has today published an issues statement as part of its inquiry into the proposed acquisition by Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH of the microscopy business...