Wales's federal university is under attack on two fronts. Members of the National Assembly are sceptical about the federal structure, regarding it as expensive and counterproductive, while Cardiff...
I read Claire Sanders's report of the Academia 2010: Views from the Next Generation conference last year with mounting gloom ("A gravitation towards the mediocre?", THES , January 4). It is...
You commend the idea of a "Filkin for universities" (For the record, THES , January 4) raised during the Association of University Teachers' leadership election. This idea arises in part from the...
When I appealed against my degree result years ago, the procedure involved sending a letter to the dean, who considered the matter in secret. I was upset as the dean was a maths professor and I was...
I was interested in H. C. S Ferguson's reference (Letters, THES , January 4) to the normal retirement age for the Teachers Superannuation Scheme as 60. The concept of "normal retirement age" is...
The Association of University Teachers is still consulting on the merits of accrual proposals for the Universities Superannuation Scheme. It is unlikely, however, to accept the implication of H. C. S...
The committee that decides on overseas research students' awards has announced that from this year it will not just be grading the applicants. It will also introduce a grading system based on its...
Phil Baty's interpretation of the Quality Assurance Agency report on the University of Wales College, Newport's collaborative links with China is different from mine ("QAA wary of China ambitions",...
Little more than two years ago, The THES published my letter on sales of books identical to those in the Turner Collection, which the University of Keele secretly sold in the summer of 1998 for £1...
Thank heavens Adrian Mourby has disabused us of the notion that Indiana Jones portrays the archaeological profession ("If only quality assurance were this sexy", THES , January 4.) Everyone knows...
I note that funds are available for research into bioterrorism ("Researchers join war on terror", THES , January 4). Are there also funds to investigate the roots of terrorism or solutions to the...
Draft summary conclusions of the 280th meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (CREST), held in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 2001. Note to CREST delegations. Brussels, 21...
Brussels, 09 January 2002 Nobel laureate professor Sir Harold Kroto has called for better communication between scientists and the public and urged scientists to make better use of the Internet to...
Ispra, 9 January 2002 Cybercrime website. The EU Forum on Cybercrime provides a platform for discussion and co-operation between law enforcement agencies, Internet Service Providers,...
Brussels, 09 January 2002 The European Commission's Information Society DG has published a prior information notice of open calls for tenders in 2002. During the course of 2002, the Information...