Protecting your tights?
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of Canada's Supreme Court revealed in this year's annual lecture at the UHI Millennium Institute that when she first visited Belfast she was assigned two bodyguards....
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Blumenthal's synthesis gives food for thought
"It's not all about reading a recipe: both the cook and the scientist need to try new ideas and experiment" THE FAT DUCK, BRAY, Berkshire It began with a vacuum flask of boiling liquid nitrogen at -...
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Why I ...believe scientists should be less ashamed of their passion
I'm a physicist; the nerd of the PhD student pack, if you believe the stereotype. But I haven't got a beard and I don't own a pair of sandals (the thought of sandals with socks gives me the screaming...
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Multiple choices
If SATs can widen access, we owe it to disadvantaged students to try them out, says Peter Lampl Last year, the Schwartz committee, of which I was a member, documented the mushrooming of additional...
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Short shrift for short-termism
Funding bodies are hampering universities' bid to improve the lot of contract staff, says Rachel Flecker It is encouraging to see universities tackling the casualisation of research staff, but their...
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Give them a little textual pleasure
Forget course guides and handouts, Frank Furedi says students need to embrace the book I have to confess that I have a thing about books. My heart starts throbbing when I go into a library I have not...
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Try Kavanagh's wig on for size
Have you always dreamt of being the star of a courtroom drama, the jury hanging on your every word? If so, the role of expert witness is probably not for you. Harriet Swain delivers a reality check...
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Midnight feasting on Heidegger
Name: Wayne Martin Age: 41 Job: Reader in philosophy, Essex University. Salary: More than I ever expected to make doing philosophy, but I had pretty low expectations. Background: BA, Clare College,...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I was appointed teaching fellow earlier this year at the top of the 'other related'...
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Lectures are cut to learn how to teach
New lecturers will have their teaching load halved to allow them to learn how to teach under an innovative scheme launched by De Montfort University. Three fellowships are funded through De Montfort'...
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Who got that job?
Selina Kitney Quality enhancement officer, Bath University Advertised in The Times Higher, April 8 2005. Universities stand or fall on the quality of their teaching, yet the staff who enforce these...
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Housing boom brings jobs
New jobs are in the pipeline at Northampton University thanks to the Government's house-building plans. The institution, which is advertising in this week's Times Higher , hopes to benefit from plans...
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Islamic institute in status row
The Russian Islamic University in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, is likely to be secularised, its deputy rector, Suleyman Zaripov, revealed last week. Since it was set up in 1998 to train Muslim...
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Questions and answers on risk assessment of nanotechnology products
Brussels, 20 October 2005 1) What are nanotechnologies? Nanotechnologies involve the controlled production at molecular level of new materials, structures and devices, which have at least one...
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State aid: Commission approves UK’s NESTA Invention and Innovation Programme supporting new innovative firms
Brussels, 20 October 2005 The European Commission has approved under EC Treaty state aid rules a €35.3 million risk capital fund that supports newly created innovative micro and small-sized...