Nobel pursuit
Your help is needed in tracing almost 1,000 winners of the 1993 Ig Nobel prize for literature. Cardiologists E. Topol, R. Califf, F. Van de Werf, P.W. Armstrong and 972 co-authors were awarded the...
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Why I... believe you should retire if you want to be an academic
I am enjoying being an academic more this year than at any time since the 1960s, when I started. With three books coming out next year, time to do two research projects, teach undergraduate and...
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Expertise required
Do not pander to the public's 'distrust' of science or exaggerate it, advises Lewis Wolpert Lord Winston argued last week that the public should be much more involved in the direction of science....
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Independent thought essential
Critical thinking skills must be more widely taught if we are to broaden access, says Alec Fisher Many university courses have too many "good" applicants for the number of places available. For...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Ian Keirle Age : 43 Job : Lecturer in countryside management at Aberystwyth University. Salary : c . £32K...
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Misunderstood? Try a more positive approach
If students never read your feedback, it may be because they simply can't interpret it, says Margaret Price. Most lecturers find marking a pain but recognise its value in providing feedback for...
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Leap into nude lecturing - a true extreme sport
Tim Birkhead finds that practice makes perfect when it comes to exposing yourself in a room full of people Lecturing nude is not something I would recommend. But every time you get up to give a...
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Jobwatch: middle earth works
Oxford University is looking to fill its Tolkien chair, while in New Zealand, where Lord of the Rings was made, enthusiastic film scholars are being hired by the University of Otago. Pat Leon reports...
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Who got that job?
Stan Brown, 44 Job advertised in The THES , February 14 2003 Ecumenical Chaplain to Kingston University Karaoke carols in the student bar is how Kingston University's new chaplain is celebrating his...
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List of species under threat 'flawed'
The red list that identifies endangered species itself risks extinction unless the scientific methodology that underpins it is radically changed, a leading conservation biologist has warned. Nicholas...
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Rebel MPs steadfast against variable fees
Senior Labour rebels would rather the higher education bill fall, even if it meant no more money for higher education, than help to introduce variable fees. Nick Brown, a former chief whip and a...
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Science subjects set to lose recruits
Variable top-up fees may drive students away from science courses already facing a recruitment crisis, the Royal Society warned this week, writes Anna Fazackerley. The chair of the society's...
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Today's news
Blair is losing the battle over university fees Tony Blair has failed to build a consensus around his view that half of all young people should enter higher education, according to the latest YouGov...
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Scientist who has studied and published in the field lacks standing to challenge EU medicines approval: judgment
Luxembourg, 18 December 2003 T-326/99, Nancy Fern Olivieri v Commission of the European Communities and European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products Judgment of the Court of First...
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Stem cell research and EU funding: Commissioner Liikanen answers parliamentary questions
Strasbourg, 18 December 2003 Verbatim report of proceedings on 17 December 2003, Part 1 Pregunta nº 32 formulada por Patricia McKenna (H-0725/03): Asunto: Investigación sobre las células madre...