Thinking is no help in making the grade
The academy's influence on the high school curriculum has been helping to stifle original thought in students, argues Roger Schank. "I am always willing to learn, however I do not always like to be...
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Log on to indulge your fantasy of immortality
Genealogy websites offer few hard facts but plenty to fuel people's dreams of a place in history, writes Matt Houlbrook. Obsession with pornography and genealogy are the two dark desires on which the...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. What are the pros and cons, for pension purposes, of buying back years of service -...
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Great on paper but will it fly?
If you want a paper accepted for a conference, be sure your research is original, intriguing and 'scientifically rigorous'. But don't fret over presentation skills - it's content that counts, writes...
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Rooms and bistros with a view
Name: Shahida Ahmed Age: 34 Job: Finance and welfare rights adviser, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Liverpool. Background: BSc in physics, PGCE in secondary science. Working hours: 8.45am to...
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The good, the bad and the difference
Much as he'd like to believe that the rash of first-class degrees reflects superb teaching, Tim Birkhead isn't convinced Imagine the scene. Sauntering into your departmental coffee room, you are...
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Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP/MOP 3) Serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (13-17 March 2006, Curitiba, Brazil) - Compilation of EU Stateme
Brussels, Apr 2006 Full text of Document 8569/06 Suite of documents 8569/06 Subject: Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP/MOP 3) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena...
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Neurons: transformers in disguise
Brussels, Apr 2006 Neurons, the cells in the central nervous system (CNS), which when damaged can lead to neurodegenerative diseases, are now believed to have the ability to regulate the immune...
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Vegetable Protein is More Sustainable for Environment and Healthier for People, Dutch Study Finds
Brussels, Apr 2006 A Dutch study points out the potential benefits to the environment, including biodiversity, human health and sustainable agriculture, of eating less meat. With obesity expanding...
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UK outlines medium-term technology strategie
Brussels, Apr 2006 The UK is setting up 'innovation platforms' in areas identified in a recent report as key to developing the UK's position in the international arena. Two pilot platforms, in the...
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Testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, Oversight Hearing on "Patent Harmonization" (links)
Washington, Apr 2006 Todd Dickinson Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Company Robert A. Armitage Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and...
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XMM-Newton digs into the secrets of fossil galaxy clusters
Paris, Apr 2006 Taking advantage of the high sensitivity of ESA's XMM-Newton and the sharp vision of NASA's Chandra X-Ray space observatories, astronomers have studied the behaviour of massive fossil...
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Proposed Council Decision on the Agreement renewing the higher and vocational educational cooperation programme with the U.S. (link)
Brussels, Apr 2006 Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signature of the Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America renewing the co-operation programme in the field...
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EESC Opinion: RTD - Specific programmes (link)
Brussels, 20 April 2006 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the Specific Programme to be carried out by means of direct actions by...
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EESC Opinion: Nanosciences and nanotechnologies (link)
Brussels, 20 April 2006 OPINION of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee -...