Let's see the money
I welcome Deian Hopkin's commitment to national bargaining and his remarks on London weighting's inadequacy ("Comrades, we are on your side", THES , November 15). Unions are seeking a £4,000 flat-...
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Making champions
Ian Gibson writes that "it is an unwritten rule that you can only have so many firsts and 2:1s", so perpetuating the confusion between performance and standards to which Michael Tomlinson draws our...
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Exiting gladly
I am ready to retire at 65 at the end of this academic year. I am gasping for the moment. There are now half as many full-time members of staff in my subject area than there were six years ago with...
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Laurie Taylor column
Why dump dons when they turn 65? (Experience counts for little if the years are stacking up) - THES , November 22. Good morning, seminar group 26. As this is the final seminar this term on the...
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Leader: Students must be convinced of a degree's value
What is a degree worth financially? The question is central to the government's justification for charging more for higher education. Ministers claim the lifetime premium is £400,000; the opponents...
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Leader: Reduce the schemes but add more cash
Today's announcement of new student support arrangements is not the one that the pundits are waiting to see. The big news will come in January, with the likely extension of education maintenance...
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Coaches slated for failing the team
Sports minister Richard Caborn is engaged in a tug of war with sport scientists. He says they focus on elite athletes. They insist their research benefits everyone. Matthew Baker reports. It may be...
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Commission's opinion clears plan for disposal of radioactive waste from MOX demonstration facility at Sellafield, UK
Brussels, November 2002 Commission Opinion of 26 November 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the operation of the MOX Demonstration Facility at Sellafield...
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Biotechnology Strategy and action plan - Council conclusions (Extracted from Council/Commission press releases on the Competitiveness Council of 26 November)
Brussels, th November 2002 The Council adopted conclusions to the Commission's Communication and Action plan on life sciences and biotechnology ( COM/2002/ ). Council conclusions provide a roadmap...
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The European Research Area, towards 3% of EU GDP (Extracted from Council/Commission press releases on the Competitiveness Council of 26 November)
Brussels, th November 2002 The Council held an exchange of views, based on the Commission's communication, " The European Research Area: Providing new momentum - Strengthening, reorienting, opening...
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And the winner is...
Brussels, Nov 2002 On 5 December, ten finalists will be vying for the €1 million in prizes at this year's Descartes Prize. The award ceremony will be hosted at the European Patent Office (EPO) in...
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French bi-lateral research tie-ups
Brussels, Nov 2002 As reported in FAST, the bi-weekly email newsletter published by the Science and Technology Office of the Embassy of France to the United States, France is working on bi-lateral...
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JRC scientists co-authored a paper in Nature magazine
Brussels, Nov 2002 Karlsruhe (DE): a paper co-authored by JRC staff entitled "Plutonium-based superconductivity with a transition temperature above 18K" was published on 21 November in Nature...
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Commission funds project to deliver the world's most advanced human language interaction technology
Brussels, Nov 2002 The European Commission has awarded funding of 3.47 million euro to an international consortium that aims to produce the most advanced and commercially attractive human language...
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European CO2 capture and storage seminar, London
Brussels, Nov 2002 With the support of the Research DG of the European Commission, Technology Initiatives Ltd, as the co-ordinator of CO2NET, is organising a seminar entitled 'FP6: opportunities for...