Gary Day
The problem with too much reflection on your practice is that it can make you worse, not better, at what you do "We live, I regret to say, in an age of surfaces." That, at least, was the opinion of...
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Don's diary: Shipshape with duck tape and toilet rolls
Week one I board a plane to San José to join the German research vessel FS Sonne . With me will be 19 geophysicists and biologists from 11 countries. I depart the UK with high hopes. Unfortunately...
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Not just hot air
Spotted in the online version of Varsity , Cambridge University's student newspaper: "For sale: hot air balloon basket. Excellent condition. Disabled access. One previous, highly intelligent owner."...
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Dr No? No, Dr Bond
His name was Varma, Sushant Varma, but not any more: it's Bond, James Bond. Race campaigner Dr Varma - or Dr Bond as he now wishes to be known - has changed his name by deed poll to that of the...
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We're your family now
Imperial College London, long noted for its chequered record on promoting healthy working practices, has produced a glossy new pamphlet for its overworked and exhausted staff. Perusing Job Families...
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A quick turnover down under
Bryan Gould, who famously turned his back on British politics in 1992, is to step down as vice-chancellor of New Zealand's Waikato University next year. His departure will leave Stuart McCutcheon,...
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Why I... think counselling does not make students into victims
Head of student counselling service, Royal Holloway, University of London Student counselling has been under attack recently with counsellors accused of perpetuating a "victim culture", but the...
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Degrading proposals
Funding changes reward unpopular courses, say Martin Conway and Andrew Young The Higher Education Funding Council for England recently proposed changes to the way in which different disciplines will...
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A casual attitude towards staff
How to achieve better conditions for part-time lecturers? Bring in the QAA, say Mark Van Hoorebeek and James Marson It seems that time is running out for universities that make full (and perhaps...
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Open up a French window to a new opportunity
What about making your next move one that crosses the Channel? Ruth Morse has some advice for Francophiles. Ayear in Provence? Why not a year teaching in a university in Provence, or somewhere else...
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E-learning launch
The UK is building a critical mass in e-learning and the UKeU is fuelling this drive with the appointment of four researchers at its eLearning Research Centre, writes Pat Leon. The UKeU eLearning...
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Appointments
Hilary French, former deputy head of design products, has been appointed head of the School of Architecture and Design at the Royal College of Art. Ian Ivory has taken over as...
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Today's news
Scientists test Blair and find him wanting More than 100 leading scientists have made an appeal to Tony Blair to save British science from a tide of neglect and abuse that is driving the brightest...
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Another giant solar explosion follows Tuesday's enormous solar flare
Paris, 30 Oct 2003 Since Tuesday 28 October, explosive events originating from the Sun have been bathing the Earth and its surroundings in high energy radiation. Although 150 million kilometres away...
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Ground level ozone pollution hits ten year high in Europe
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 Preliminary assessments by the European Environment Agency (EEA) suggest that this summer's heatwave contributed to the worst ozone pollution seen in Europe for almost a decade...