Light on isolated islets
Autism
Autism
The Two Sexes - The Origins of Human Potential - Twins
New Labour in Power - The British General Election of 1997 - From Blitz to Blair
RAEs overlook higher education research and it is time for change, says Mantz Yorke The funding councils recently launched their consultation over the future of the research assessment exercise. The...
Mike Sharples experiences the intellectual thrill and moral challenge of cyberbiology Creatures 2. Mindscape, Pounds 39.95. (online store: www. mindscape.com) +1 800 716 8503. Windows 95/98. On just...
Reading Greek Art
The extent to which universities are run like businesses is the subject of a study aiming to assess the impact of so-called new managerialism in higher education. New managerialism has been...
Each week this section will list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS. www.environment...
Schumpeter and the Idea of Social Science
A panel of international academic experts has found serious structural defects in the way humanities research is organised in Switzerland. Following an earlier assessment of research in the social...
Peace and War
A Pounds 30 million fund is to be created to encourage better teaching in universities, says Bahram Bekhradnia (below). But the scheme is unlikely to generate real change, says Lewis Elton (far right...
Dan Brickley reports from Brisbane on the seventh World Wide Web conference The hassle-free future of communication via the Net became visibly clearer at the recent World Wide Web conference in...
Information and Communication Technologies - Telecom Reform
Butterfly Economics