Top talent does not come cheap
The key issue of v-cs' pay is not size but performance and accountability, according to Walter Greaves. Philip Love argued in The THES (March 22) that properly paid staff at all levels are necessary...
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Why I...think bad management, not lack of cash, puts off would-be science PhDs
There are many explanations as to why the number of science PhD students is declining in this country. The government has sought to bolster numbers by raising stipends to quite sizeable amounts, but...
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ESA's X-ray space telescope proves supernova can cause mysterious gamma-ray bursts
Paris, 04 April 2002 Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions ever detected in the Universe. They are also one of the greatest mysteries of modern astronomy, since so far no clear evidence...
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ESA workshop to examine space technology for robotics
Brussels, 04 April 2002 ASTRA 2002, the seventh European space agency (ESA) workshop on 'Advanced space technologies for robotics and automation,' will take place from 19 to 21 November 2002 at the...
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Donation flood in US set to turn to drought
Despite the recession and the diversion of philanthropy to post-September 11 relief efforts, universities and colleges in the United States managed to raise a record amount in donations last year....
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Peace activists get trapped in Ramallah
A British student was injured and up to 12 were trapped this week by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The students were members of a group of activists who entered refugee camps in...
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Union calls for 'Robin Hood' funding solution
Universities should be means-tested so that public funds can be diverted from the richest universities to the poorest, lecturers' union Natfhe has said. The "Robin Hood" solution is mooted in Natfhe'...
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From today's UK papers
Bush tries to oust climate scientist The Bush administration, prompted by the oil company Exxon-Mobil, is trying to oust British scientist Robert Watson from his role as chairman of the...
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Call for expressions of interest: Research on economic policies, analysis, tools, databases, financial and monetary questions
Brussels, 04 April 2002 Tenders Call for the expressions of interest n ° 2002/ECFIN/02 The European Commission is issuing a "Call for expressions of interest" with a view to the possibility of...
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Swedish conference to examine 'Life in space for life on Earth'
Brussels, 04 April 2002 The '2002 Life in space for life on Earth' event, including the eighth European symposium on life sciences research in space and the 23rd Annual international gravitational...
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European chemical measurement network gets underway
Brussels, 04 April 2002 A new EU-funded virtual network of excellence in the area of chemical measurement has started work. Europe's Virtual Institute for Chemometrics and Industrial Metrology (VICIM...
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Making the best use of Envisat and friends
Paris, 04 April 2002 So now that Envisat is in orbit and we have access to more and better data about our Earth and its environment, how can we ensure that we make the best use of this data as well...
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Ombudsman criticises Research DG for requiring a person undergoing an oral test to use a language he had not chosen and for delay in replying to his appeal
Strasbourg, 4 April 2002 Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 69/2001/BB against the European Commission. Strasbourg, 25 March 2002. Text The complainant applied for the selection...
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Commission calls for study on biological status of species subject to import restrictions
Brussels, 04 April 2002 The European Commission's Environment DG has announced a call for tenders for a study on species which are subject to import restrictions. The species in question are subject...
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UK science at risk as labs fall to pieces
University laboratories are falling apart as a result of a £3 billion maintenance backlog, according to a study carried out for the Office of Science and Technology. The report, by J. M. Consulting,...