Reel 'em in - and make it riveting
Your book is in their hands. They skim it, then snap it shut with grim finality. Where did you go wrong? To ensure a happy ending, you must captivate your audience with a strong beginning, says...
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Early bird catches the writing bug
Name : Penny Smith (pseudonym Penny Sumner) Age: Middle! Job : Programme leader, MA in creative writing, Northumbria University. Salary : About £38,000. Education : BA in English from the University...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been working part time for an old university for six years and have only just...
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Who's in who's out?
WOLVERHAMPTON Tim Collins (pictured), Wolverhampton University's new associate dean (postgraduate, research and enterprise), is full of praise for his new home and the people who work there. "There...
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Wider net for top jobs
Tony Tysome reports on how Manchester is seeking to appoint more minority staff Manchester University is moving as close to positive discrimination as it can without breaking the law in a new drive...
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Limb implants using titanium web structure modelled on deer antlers solve infection and durability problems
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 UK researchers have made a breakthrough in the design of prosthetic appendages. False limbs have traditionally been limited in use because they have no firm contact to the...
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Mapping the future of nanotechnology: in materials, health/medical, and energy
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 An EU funded project has published a series of roadmaps, providing an overview the current situation and future of nanotechnology in three fundamental sectors: materials, health...
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International congress: regenerative biology and the bio-nano interface -- Stuttgart, Germany, 9-11 October
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 A joint BioStar and ICBN conference on regenerative biology and the bio-nano interface will take place in Stuttgart, Germany, from 9 to 11 October. Pioneering projects and...
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X-ray microscope gives researchers nanovision
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 An international team of researchers has used an x-ray microscope to create a 3D image of a nanocrystal. Their findings, reported in the journal Nature, pave the way towards the...
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ESO scientists discover 'early stage galaxy'
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 Scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have come across what they think is the early stage formation of a galaxy. The 'galaxy' refers to a large clump of hydrogen...
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Coreper Agenda Entry on nomination of the President of the CPVO
Brussels, 06 Jul 2006 Full text of Document 11199/06 Suite of documents 11199/06 PROVISIONAL AGENDA for: 2147th MEETING OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE (Part 1) date: Friday 7 (10:15) July...
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Nanotechnology policy review announced by UK government
London, 6 July 2006 Call for Evidence The Council for Science and Technology (CST) has been asked by Government to review progress of its commitments on nanotechnology policy, and today issued an...
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Career Awards for Medical Scientists
Deadline: 02/10/2006
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Research Networking Programmes
Deadline: 30/10/2006
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Today's news
Scotland's 'Ivy League' of top universities should raise own funding Scotland should develop an American-style "Ivy League" of elite universities by allowing existing institutions to pull out of the...