Striking ideas
Descriptions of various forms of picket line have been reaching The Diary after last week's strike by the Association of University Teachers. Plans by three Heriot-Watt academics to picket a small...
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A dress me as professor
Germany's most famous drag queen has been made an honorary professor at the University of Hamburg. Oliver Knöbel, better known in Germany as drag queen Olivia Jones, will teach queer theory in the...
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The root of all happiness
Each month, the Annals of Improbable Research selects a report worthy of closer scrutiny. The Diary is pleased to bring you this month's choice: Does Money Matter? Older People's Views of their...
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Students take a dim view
Following the recent update on how many students it takes to change a light bulb comes evidence that some don't undertake such tasks. Students at the University of Bristol last week issued a press...
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Don's diary: Knocking some Cents into US Education
Nowadays, serving as a dean in a US public university is rapidly becoming less about working within a community of scholars and more of a constant attempt to attract additional fiscal support. Sounds...
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Why I...think France has given up on culture
Bruce Begout - Philosophy lecturer University of Picardie Amiens, France Is the government of French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin leading a war against culture or intelligence in France, as...
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Virtue from necessity
Worried about cuts in your grant allocations? It may be no bad thing, says David Wallace It all used to seem so simple. The university got a block grant for teaching and research, and distributed it...
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Wide of mark on participation
The HE bill must strengthen non-traditional routes into higher education, says Geoff Layer Whatever finally happens with the government's higher education bill, it is in danger of missing an...
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Correction
The number of staff earning between £70,000 and £99,999 at Anglia Polytechnic University (Vice-chancellor and top academic pay 2002-03 table, February 20) was four, not 36.
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Today's news
Call for full retraction of study linking MMR to autism MPs are to demand that the editor of The Lancet explain why he issued only a "partial" retraction of the paper that implied a link between MMR...
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"I/A" Item Note: Adoption of a Council Decision Concerning the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (link)
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 Full text of Document 5870/04 Suite of documents 5870/04 No. Cion prop.: 13692/03 Subject: Adoption of a Council Decision concerning the conclusion, on behalf of the European...
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Genetic Resources: Draft Intellectual Property Guidelines for Access and Benefit-sharing Contracts (link)
Geneva, 04 Mar 2004 OVERVIEW Genetic resources can provide an important input for research and the development of new products, in an increasingly broad range of technological and industrial sectors...
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Conference to address radioactive waste management
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 A conference on radioactive waste management, organised by the European Commission, will take place in Luxembourg from 29 March until 1 April. While nuclear energy currently...
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Commission decision on replacement of consumer safety, public health and environmental scientific committees (link)
Brussels, 4 March 2004 Commission Decision of 3 March 2004 setting up Scientific Committees in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment (OJ L66/45 4.3.2004). Full text Official...
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Commission creates three new scientific committees
Brussels, 04 Mar 2004 The European Commission adopted a decision on the creation of three new non-food scientific committees on 3 March. The bodies will complement the existing Community advice...