A prize mix-up at the bar
Finally, hats off to Times Higher staff who resisted temptation during last week's awards ceremony after a mix-up by staff at the Dorchester Hotel. Colleagues had asked bar staff to fetch the special...
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With no clear winner, let's leave well alone
DfES proposals for post-qualification admissions do not make the case for change, says Alasdair Smith Steven Schwartz's report Fair Admissions to Higher Education launched a debate last year on post-...
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The prize for literature goes to... The Sims
English and computer science academics ponder whether computer games could ever be artistic equals of great novels Tomb Raider and Doom may lack the cultural status of Pride and Prejudice and Bleak...
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A case of malice in wonderland
Tim Birkhead finds the striking similarities between Academia and Lewis Carroll's world curiouser and curiouser Far, far away, in the land of Academia, the red Queen rules with ruthless efficiency....
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Q: What runs just like clockwork?
A: The exam you devised - if you've ensured that students haven't been able to predict the questions, you've given them time to complete the paper and you haven't tried to catch them out, says...
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A clinical eye - and many hats
Name : Jane Dacre Age : Not telling. Job : I have a lot of jobs, all related to training and assessing medical students and doctors: professor of medical education; director of the Academic Centre...
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Ask the panel
I have been asked to give a talk at an international conference about work carried out during my previous research contract. Although this subject is related to my new research contract, it is too...
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Security kits for all as threats 'increase'
Academics were this week given guidelines on how to counter online bullying, computer bugs and persistent hackers. The Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (Ucisa) sent £100,000...
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Institute advances communications to new level
Up to 150 academic posts will be created with the launch of Europe's biggest telecommunications research institute at Swansea University, it was announced this week. Swansea will initially seek 40...
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Who got that job?
Fraser Sturt Lecturer in maritime archaeology, School of Humanities, Southampton University Job advertised in The Times Higher, April 29, 2005 Fraser Sturt has landed his dream job. As lecturer in...
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GMOs (Extract from: Preparation for the Environment Council 2 December 2005)
Brussels, 1 December 2005 GMOs Maize MON863XMON810 The Council will vote on a proposal from the Commission to authorise the GM maize known as MON863XMON810 for import and processing in the EU. The...
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New COST Domain Structure as Approved by the CSO at Its 163rd Meeting on 23/24 November 2005
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 325/05 Suite of documents 325/05 28 November 2005 NOTE To: COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) Subject: New COST Domain Structure as approved by the...
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Working Methods of the COST Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) as Approved by the 163rd CSO Meeting on 23/24 November 2005
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 326/05 Suite of documents 326/05 Article 1 The Committee of Senior Officials (hereinafter referred to as the CSO)1 consists of two delegates from each COST...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 298 "Participation in the Broadband Society" (link)
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 323/05 Suite of documents 323/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 October 2005 by the Netherlands, on 14...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 299 "Optical Fibres for New Challenges Facing the Information Society - FIDES" (link)
Brussels, 01 Dec 2005 Full text of Document 324/05 Suite of documents 324/05 Attached is the abovementioned Memorandum of Understanding signed in Brussels on 13 October 2005 by Germany, on 14 October...