Judge not your prof, lest ye be judged
Stung by sarky student website Rate My Professors, a US lecturer creates its opposite number and finds hope in the midst of despair A classroom is a terrific place. A group of people gather together...
Search
-
-
'I truly doubt that you have opposable thumbs'
Lecturers skewer their least loved undergrads and offer harsh truths about life in the customer satisfaction jungle * Anonymised rankings from Rate Your Students "B" I really don't give a shit about...
-
In pursuit of the happy bunnies
Massaged, meaningless student satisfaction surveys are the end product of a malign audit culture, says Frank Furedi Returning from our summer holiday, we were cornered by an angry travel rep. "You...
-
Is your message getting through?
PhD students need good communications skills - both theirs and yours, whether it's keeping minutes or using draft papers to show them that reaching publication standards takes graft, says Harriet...
-
Demure frocks and hygienic gin
Name: Sally Fincher Age: Don't we all? Job: Senior lecturer, computing laboratory, Kent University. Salary: Barely sufficient for my extravagant lifestyle. Practical training: The "merit" I achieved...
-
Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. My department is to move into offices where there is a mobile phone mast on the roof....
-
Part-time lecturer wins pay equality
An hourly paid lecturer has won a landmark settlement in a tribunal case against Leeds Metropolitan University that could have major implications for the millions of part-time workers in education,...
-
Who got that cash?
One way an academic from a small teaching-led institution can land a big medical research grant is to develop a unique selling point and exploit it to maximum effect. This is how Bill Hardcastle of...
-
Exeter seeks 60 staff to beef up strengths for RAE
Exeter University has begun a £3 million recruitment drive to hire 60 academic staff to build research strength for the next research assessment exercise. Some posts will be located at Exeter's new...
-
Italy should be fined 265,500 euro a day for failing to comply with 2001 judgment on foreign language assistants hired by universities: opinion (C-119/04, with press release)
Luxembourg, 26 Januaary 2006 C-119/04, Commission of the European Communities v Italian Republic Opinion of Advocate General Poiares Maduro on 26 Januaary 2006 (link to English version when available...
-
Cientifica reassures nanotech investors that commercial success will come
Brussels, 26 Jan 2006 In a report entitled 'Where has my money gone?', Cientifica, an international supplier of nanotechnology research and technology information, examines the lack of commercial...
-
Presentations and Documents from the EuropaBio "Plants for the Future" Conference held last year (link)
Brussels, 26 Jan 2006 Download page for documents and presentations EUROPABIO Previous Item Back to Titles Print Item
-
UK government funds commercialisation of scientific results with 36.4 million euro
Brussels, 26 Jan 2006 While the UK government's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced grants to exploit the results of new and exciting research on 24 January, the UK's Science Minister...
-
Commission seeks input of young researchers on Europe's innovation performance
Brussels, 26 Jan 2006 The Commission's Enterprise and Industry DG has issued a call to young researchers and Master-level students to provide additional analysis of Europe's innovation statistics as...
-
Agenda of the JAF (Legal, Administrative and Financial) Group of COST -- European Co-operation in Science and Technology -- 15/16 February 2006
Brussels, 26 Jan 2006 Full text of Document 303/06 Date: 15/16 February 2006 (09h30) Venue: Presidenza Regione Toscana Via Cavour 18 IT-50129 Firenze Adoption of the agenda Approval of Summary of...