Bookmakers cut odds on scientific breakthroughs
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 Bookmakers in the UK are cutting the odds on scientific breakthroughs, believing that the chances of remarkable discoveries being made before 2010 are increasing. The first...
Search
-
-
UK trade union worried about shortage of scientific experts
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 Following an announcement from the UK government that it cut 104,000 civil service posts, the professional workers' union (Prospect) has warned of a potential shortage of...
-
International workshop on accessibility requirements for public procurement in the ICT domain, 19-21 Oct. in Brussels
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 An international workshop on public procurement policy will be held in Brussels, Belgium, from 19 to 21 October. The workshop will address the harmonisation of e-accessibility...
-
JRC calls for scientific support for chemicals research
Brussels, 02 Sep 2004 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched a call for tenders for support for the scientific and technical work of existing chemicals work relating to...
-
Laurie Taylor Column
University of Poppleton Clearing Hotline Centre. Sorry, I'm in a phone box. Could you say that again? I SAID, UNIVERSITY OF POPPLETON CLEARING HOTLINE. Right. Is this the number for people with lousy...
-
Alan Ryan
'You may get muddled if you put the same label on different things and can't remember which is which, and we have now encountered that problem' The Government needs to be less concerned about what...
-
Leader: Foundations in need of securing
For a qualification that is so central to government plans to expand higher education, three years after the first courses were launched the foundation degree remains remarkably little understood....
-
Leader: Old attitudes die hard
There are many reasons why one university may pay higher average salaries than another. The subject profile, large numbers of postdoctoral researchers, even location, may all contribute to apparently...
-
Rookies risk fall at RAE hurdle
Your article, "NZ RAE batters rookies' morale" (August ) highlights a problem that the planners of the next research assessment exercise should note. Documents for the RAE in 2008 suggest that new...
-
Fuzzy logic
"Who is Smithers to call us fuzzy?" (Letters, August ). He is a chartered psychologist. In my remarks to The Times Higher (August 20), I was reflecting my own disappointment at psychology's lack of...
-
Image pulped
The shameful book burning at London Metropolitan University will further damage its image ("Book pulped at London Met", August ). Ex vice-chancellor Roderick Floud should have sorted out any problems...
-
Testing question
Richard Lynn writes that our exam board has "apparently reinvented the intelligence test" (Letters, August ). We have done no such thing, as he would understand if he visited either of our thinking...
-
Change of address?
Last week's article on house costs ("House prices leave city dwellers out in the cold", August ) claims that "staff at St Andrews University enjoy the best prospects for property - the average salary...
-
Fine-tuning required 1
The debate about A-level grade inflation (or not) misses the point. One of the grades' main uses is to enable universities to obtain the best candidates for available places. If an increasing...
-
Fine-tuning required 2
Last week's article about falling levels of basic mathematical skills among electronics and physics students at York University who have particular maths A-level grades is interesting ("B-grade maths...