15 Jun 2006 The latest proposal to require additional biotechnology patent disclosure obligations in the TRIPS Agreement failed to gain broad support among WTO members at consultations held in Geneva...
Research funding changes 'undercut science and maths' The Government's "botched" changes to research funding, which would hit chemistry researchers to the tune of £6m a year, were condemned by the...
Ah, Noakes, there you are. Yes, come in. Sit down. Relax. Good to see you. How are you? Very well, thank you, Doctor Quintock. Excellent. That's the way it should be. Now then, Noakes, I assume that...
Critics of the research assessment exercise who insisted that its results could easily be replicated through metrics must be eating their words as they pore over this week's working group report....
Only one poll counts towards the resolution of the pay dispute between academics and their employers - the ballot of University and College Union members. But neither union leaders nor employers can...
While it is clear that the pay offer being put to a ballot of University and College Union members falls short of the 23 per cent demanded by the Association of University Teachers and Natfhe, it is...
It was disappointing to see the rather negative coverage of the recent pay deal ("Pay deal could mean job cuts", June 9), particularly as all sides had worked so hard to reach a positive conclusion....
The present pay deal looks more like an armistice than peace, but next time round there must be no harming of students. In view of the huge increase in administration and bureaucracy that top-down...
This settlement is regarded as a sellout and a betrayal by those of us who fought long and hard on the ground. We are not radical "spartists". We are experienced academics with a knowledge of both...
Universities are set to receive a substantial increase in income over the next three years through government initiatives. What is in dispute is how this extra funding, together with the annual...
If the deal achieved by the union is accepted in the ballot of members, the last nail will be driven into both the coffin of the UCU and that of the British university system. It's taken some 14...
Cardiff Business School's advert for a lectureship in leadership skills is conspicuous for stating that "the ability to communicate effectively with excellent PowerPoint presentation skills is...
The news that Luton University has plans "to grow staff" is amazing ("Pay deal could mean job cuts", June 9). Should Les Ebdon be shortlisted for a Nobel prize? Crispin Partridge Hertfordshire
I am among the very few people to know both Arpad Pusztai and Andrew Wakefield personally. From my limited knowledge of them, I believe both to be men of integrity. But that does not excuse their...
The article "Change in rankings as expert group sets principles" (June 9) states that recent rises in participation have been attributable to women. That is only half the story. A major driver has...