On tap but not on top
Academic self-governance is on the wane across the UK, Michael North reports. But Bernard Crick says that fears for democracy at Oxford are unjustified On air recently, arguing with a tabloid leader-...
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Stand up and be banished
Phil Baty meets a whistleblower who, after 150 job rejections, is starting to believe that he has been sent into the academic wilderness Harinda Bahra has been rejected for more than 150 jobs in...
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'We knew nothing about this'
Were ordinary Germans aware of the Holocaust? Huw Richards asks the author of a study on the question Rarely has the saying "the devil is in the detail" been more applicable than in the phrase davon...
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The man with two great loves
Bhikhu Parekh is passionate about the vita activa and the vita contemplativa, despite his wife's warning In the past few years I have spent the summer in India and devoted it to academic writing. The...
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Bhangra? That's so yesterday
Research on youth studies is doomed to be outdated by the time it is published, admits Rupa Huq, whose own contribution looks at Asian dance music but has nothing about the Crazy Frog Oscar Wilde...
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You might not believe it, but that gown is so rock'n'roll
It’s hush-hush, but universities boast several rock legends, Lee Elliot Major findsAcademe has always had an uneasy relationship with pop stars.“We don’t need no education,” proclaimed Pink Floyd in...
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Today's news
No end in sight to university money worries, warns report Universities are predicted to have about £1.5 billion more in their coffers over the next decade, although the extra money will do little to...
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EP Agriculture and Rural Development Committee Hearing on Biotechnology: Prospects and Challenges for Agriculture in Europe -- 10 October 2006
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 Tuesday, 10 October 2006, 3 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. PHS 1 A 02 - Brussels Chairman: Joseph Daul Rapporteur: Kyösti Virrankoski Item source
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Proposed Council Decision Concerning the Placing on the Market of GMO Oilseed Rape Products (extract)
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12418/06 Suite of documents 12418/06 No. Cion prop.: 11640/06 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the placing on the market, in accordance...
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Serious Shortfalls in Oil and Gas within 10 Years, says Report by Wind and Renewable Energy Organisations - says many forecasts "significantly overestimated" reserves, often for political or commercia
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 Many energy forecasts have significantly overestimated global oil and gas reserves, and a serious shortfall between demand and supply could be evident within the next ten years...
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British Association for the Advancement of Science Presents "Telepathy Thru Txt"
London, 06 Sep 2006 By Anna Lewcock Have you ever heard your mobile beep and just 'known' who's sent you a message? If you have, you're not alone and a brand new series of interactive experiments to...
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Women outnumber men in S&T labour force but deficit persists in science and engineering
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 More women than men work in the science and technology sectors in the majority of EU Member States. However, a minority of these women hold science and engineering posts,...
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Report on Application of the Open Method of Coordination in Favour of the Barcelona Research Investment Objective - "the Second Cycle" (extract)
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 Full text of Document 1206/06 Suite of documents 1206/06 Subject: Application of the open method of coordination in favour of the Barcelona research investment objective - "The...
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Finnish nanotech industry sets development targets
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 Finnish companies and research institutes working in nanotechnology are currently drawing up a shared strategy on nanotechnology development targets. Tekes, the Finnish funding...
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International conference on neglected infectious diseases - Brussels, 8-9 November
Brussels, 06 Sep 2006 An international conference on neglected infectious diseases (NIDs) will take place between 8 and 9 November in Brussels, Belgium. NIDs are responsible for an estimated 500,000...