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...
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Researchers warn that SARS virus has more sources than previously thought
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 A new study suggests that the pool of animals capable of harbouring the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus is larger than was first thought. Research teams from the...
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Automation is the key to efficient research, claims academic director
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 Europe does not need more research, but more efficient and effective research, if an innovation-based economy is to develop, Academic Director of the animal hygiene department...
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Commission-backed project's sweet taste of success
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 'A spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down', or so we learned from Mary Poppins. But a new EU-backed network of micro-encapsulators has other ideas. The European...
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Outcome of the Working Party on Atomic Questions on the Nuclear Package, "Safety Standards", 24 September 2003 (link)
Brussels, 28 Oct 2003 Full text of Document 13242/03 Suite of documents 13242/03 Subject: - Nuclear package, "safety standards" - Nuclear safety in Hungary - International agreements and negotiations...
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FP6 poster session: Poznan, Poland
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 A Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) projects poster session will take place from 21 to23 April 2004, in Poznan, Poland. The session, which will be held during an international...
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Professor Wolfgang Ketterle to give STOA annual lecture
Brussels, 30 Oct 2003 The European Parliament's scientific and technological options assessment (STOA) annual lecture will take place in Brussels on 4 November. Wolfgang Ketterle, a physicist and...
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Bias still rife, say female scientists
A strong sense of injustice exists in the UK's science departments, Anna Fazackerley reports Women scientists in universities feel disadvantaged in terms of salary, promotional prospects and career...
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Diploma must reveal abilities
Reforms to school-leaving qualifications must not hinder universities' ability to identify the best candidates, vice-chancellors have warned, writes Alison Goddard. In its response to the...