A man of letters and large brown envelopes
Roger McGough recalls how, as a student in the Fifties, he discovered his vocation for poetry, with a little encouragement from a positively prickly Hull librarian Philip Larkin became Hull...
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Poems from the academy
Lines to a Don, by Hilaire Belloc Remote and ineffectual Don That dared attack my Chesterton, With that poor weapon, half-impelled, Unlearnt, unsteady, hardly held, Unworthy for a tilt with men -...
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The touchy-feely brigade: coming your way soon
Fear of hurting people's feelings is killing critical debate. Dennis Hayes calls on fellow scholars to resist those who want to trade judgment for emotion Something is happening to academic freedom....
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Campus curiosities 16 The electric professor, Glagow university
While the rest of the world relied on gas or candle, at the heart of Glasgow University's campus, night was banished by electric light. In fact, by Christmas 1881, number 11 The Square, the home of...
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Attention! Top brass agree new manoeuvre
At the Army's behest, psychologist Lew Hardy is turning centuries of tradition on its head. Paul Hill explains why The deaths of four young people at Deepcut barracks tarnished for ever the popular...
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Mars Express PFS spectrometer back at work
Paris, 02 Nov 2005 The Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft is now back in operation after a malfunction, reported a few months ago. The instrument had been...
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Today's news
Universities urged to consider expanding bursary schemes Universities should increase the number of bursaries they award to students wanting to enter law and medicine to ensure that top-up fees do...
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Latest research news
Southampton fire expected to cost £50m The bill for damage caused by a fire that wrecked a leading computer and electronics research facility at Southampton University is likely to reach £50 million...
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ELSO creates database of women life scientists
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 The European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) has established a 'database of expert women in the life sciences' in order to try to give more visibility to female European...
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FP7 training courses, Brussels
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 Two training courses related to the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development, 'The Seventh Framework Programme: how to anticipate your participation?' and '...
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EU project helps bring extinct grass back to life in Belgium
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 Fresh, green shoots of a grass species endemic to Belgium that had been considered extinct, the 'Brome of the Ardennes', are emerging simultaneously in the UK and Belgium. The...
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Today's news
Universities go nuclear with £6m research boost British research councils today announced a £6 million effort to increase nuclear expertise at UK universities - and to make the technology a more...
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Academic Research Collaboration Programme (ARC)
Deadline: 31/01/2006
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Research Grants
Deadline: 07/12/2005
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In-flight demonstration of innovative combined antenna/solar array
Paris, 31 Oct 2005 In-flight testing of the results of ESA-funded research into and development of combined solar arrays and antennas commenced on October, when an experimental device was launched...