MARS IN THEIR EYES Cartoon Museum, 35 Little Russell Street, London. Until July 1 The oldest cartoon is the one that best epitomises our relationship with the planets. It was drawn in 1793 by William...
Christopher Hitchens praises Thomas Paine, a revolutionary who introduced the concept of 'rights' to the common 'man' I recently gave a lunchtime talk on the relevance of Thomas Paine at the...
As Bush strikes al-Zarqawi off his list and adds a new name, he deliberately perpetuates his endless war, says David Keen Identifiable and immobile, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's battered face frozen within...
If we spark students' idealism and curiosity, they may begin to see us as more than paid servants, says Frank Furedi Major events such as the recent industrial action provide social scientists with...
If you have students with dyslexia who have problems learning, you can help by podcasting lectures or using a more visual approach, and being open to new ways of presenting work, says Harriet Swain...
Name : David Latchman Age : 50 Job : Master of Birkbeck, University of London, and professor of genetics at Birkbeck and University College London Salary : As published in The Times Higher !...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I have been employed for more than four years on fixed-term contracts, but my...
Lancaster John Schad will leave Loughborough University to become professor of modern literature at Lancaster University in September. As the author of a forthcoming experimental book on Jacques...
Economics departments need to review old-fashioned teaching methods and shake off the discipline's image as stuffy and boring, a report says. A number of academics who took part in a telephone survey...
Brussels, 15 June 2006 Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme List of grants awarded by the Intelligent Energy Executive Agency in 2005 DG Transport and Energy Item source
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 The EU will spend a greater proportion of its budget on research and development following the adoption of a report on the 7th Framework Programme. Although MEPs would have...
Paris, le 15 juin 2006 Laissez-moi tout d’abord vous remercier de m’avoir invité aujourd’hui à vous parler de la politique spatiale europ&...
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 PAMELA, (Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics) was launched on the morning of 15 June in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The satellite, an EU-funded...
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 The 16th European Conference of Fracture (ECF16) will take place from 3 to 7 July in Alexandroupolis, Greece. The event will focus on all aspects of structural integrity with...
Brussels, 15 Jun 2006 Eurobot, an EU funded robotics competition, is showing its ability to not only attract young scientists, but to also communicate science to the general public. Held annually...