The 2004 annual conference of the British Association for American Studies, in Manchester, marks the run-up to the association's 50th anniversary. In the aftermath of the second world war the US was...
Geoff Andrews urges academics to take part in rekindling the spirit of our dissident heritage The late Roy Porter, describing the development of what he called the "British Enlightenment" in the late...
Legislation intended to encourage long-term research contracts could backfire, warns Rob Tanner On the face of it, new UK laws governing fixed-term employees sound like a step in the right direction...
If you want to improve academic performance, why not adopt a corporate strategy à la Network Rail, says Bob Brecher. One of the most challenging intellectual tasks of academics working in today's...
Glasgow Caledonian is making a concerted push to integrate research and business activities with a raft of new professional appointments. Claire Sanders reports. Glasgow Caledonian is after the...
Clive Barnett, 36 Lecturer in Human Geography The Open University Job advertised in The Times Higher on December 6, 2002 There was one glitch when The Open University finally interviewed Clive...
Tutors have a duty of care to students and must prepare for field trips, whether it's springtime in Paris or trekking up Kilimanjaro, says David Nash. Most people think that students are capable of...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Patience Schell Age : 34 Job : Lecturer in Latin American cultural studies, department of Spanish and Portuguese...
The opening shots in what is expected to be the key battleground of the higher education bill in the House of Lords were fired this week, as the planned regulator for university access came under...
Nottingham opens 4,000-student campus in China The University of Nottingham yesterday became the first British institution to announce the establishment of a campus on the Chinese mainland,...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2004 To improve competitiveness, productivity, added value and growth, Europe needs more innovation. The Enterprise Directorate-General is developing a new innovation action plan to...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2004 According to a recent report by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, enlargement could, in the long term, strengthen Europe's position in the life sciences sector. At present,...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2004 A two day conference on cross-border cooperation between France and Spain in the field of biotechnologies for health and medical devices will be held in Toulouse, France, on and...
Paris, 15 Apr 2004 On 19 and 20 April at ESA's establishment in Frascati, near Rome, the ESA Directorate of Earth Observation is holding an Earth Explorer User Consultation Meeting at which the...
Paris, 15 Apr 2004 A satellite-based Health Monitoring Kit developed by the Canadian company March Networks and co-funded by ESA, is being used to aid a group of climbers in their attempt to climb...