Field trips for brains
The attitude towards fieldwork in universities is short-sighted. All students benefit from time in the field. It encourages the application of theory in the real world, where nature and mankind...
The attitude towards fieldwork in universities is short-sighted. All students benefit from time in the field. It encourages the application of theory in the real world, where nature and mankind...
Interesting! Bournemouth University is in the odd position of being bottom of one league and top of another: bottom of The Times aggregated league table, but top UK university in terms of graduate...
IN THE Association of University Teachers' league table on the number of women in senior posts in higher education (THES, May 15), the University of Glamorgan was cited as having no female professors...
The proposal of Peter Jefferies for peer review by web page sounds very interesting (THES, May 22). However, is the issue of "academics worried about others gaining access to their ideas" not...
AT A meeting with the joint trade unions (GMB, MSF, Natfhe, Unison) last week, the University of East London's senior management said its voluntary redundancy initiative met with a good response (...
Higher education participation is one of the main reasons for believing that Britain's ethnic minorities can close the economic gap on the white population. Research by economists from Manchester and...
More than 350 international oceanographers will meet this month to put together the first global survey of the ocean's circulation. Under the wing of the World Ocean Circulation Experiment, the...
Universities must be prepared to sack or downgrade lecturers who stand in the way of improving teaching and learning, European university heads have said. They will have to face the prospect of...
Clones, Genes and Immorality - Frankenstein's Footsteps - Genetic Engineering, Dream or Nightmare?
The Meaning of It All
Critical Problems in Physics
Oceanic Art - The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
The End of Magic
Fashion Theory
Friday's Footprint