It's my art, doctor
Brian Hurwitz, professor of primary health care and general practice at Imperial College, London, has been appointed professor of medicine and the arts at King's College London, based in the English...
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Made an example of
Caught in the act this week is the Royal Society, engaged in a hunt for examples of misreported research. Bureaucrat Bob Ward is pleading for "four or five" examples for Monday's You and Yours...
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New year, new hope for well-balanced Afghans
John Daniel examines how war-torn Afghanistan is rebuilding its education system with the help of donors. At last week's donors' meeting in Tokyo, the new leaders of Afghanistan proclaimed education...
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Welsh growth is good
It is good to see that the Welsh Assembly has proposed wide-ranging reforms to the structure of Welsh higher education ("Welsh 'cluster' plan attacked", THES , January 25). These broadly echo my...
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Get tough on pay
Two cheers for your leader ("Time is right for a tough stand on pay catch-up", THES , January 25). Much of the cost of university expansion has indeed been paid for by staff. A salary increase of 13...
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Welcome support
The Institute for Learning and Teaching is pleased that the Association of University Teachers is taking its members' advice and not establishing an alternative mechanism of accreditation of teaching...
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Spent conviction
Your article, "Fraudster goes unnoticed" ( THES , January 18) implies that the University of Sunderland was to blame for not having uncovered a spent conviction of a new member of staff and that...
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Unfair swipe
The University of Ulster would like to clarify its position regarding criticism of its corporate credit card ("Corporate credit card for Ulster senior staff was too lax, says assembly", THES ,...
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Sloppy thinking
Clive Christie writes that "after the second world war Anti-Americanism... migrated from the right to the left" ("US hate: a designer prejudice for our time", THES , January 18). Yet conservative...
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Invest in study for minorities or face crisis, US told
A report by corporate executives and university presidents predicts a social and economic crisis in the United States if more is not done to improve education for minorities and increase the number...
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Recruits target in pipeline
Targets are to be imposed on universities to encourage them to recruit more students. Four targets are being developed by the funding council. It wants to set goals to increase the proportion of...
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£2.5bn for AoC shopping list
College chiefs have presented the government with a £2.5 billion spending list that they say is needed over the next five years to recruit more students into further and higher education. The extra...
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Informal meeting of Industry and Research Ministers, 1+2 February 2002
Brussels, 31 January 2002 EU Industry and Research ministers will meet for two days in Girona, Spain. During the first day, they will hold three debates together. On the second day they will meet...
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Following German decision on stem cell imports: Council of Europe Secretary General recalls importance of Biomedicine Convention
Strasbourg, 31 January 2002 Subsequent to the vote in the German Bundestag, allowing the importation of human stem cells from abroad under strict control, the Secretary General of the Strasbourg-...
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Industrial leaders want to make the most out of women scientific talents
Brussels, 31 January 2002 Women in Industrial Research (WIR) So far, women and science activities have concentrated mainly on the public research sector. In order to develop effective strategies to...