The power of the great big No
Ironically, Thatcher's law may block Blair's campuscrackdown, says Bob Brecher. But universities must collectively fight for free speech In its determination to take whatever advantage it can of the...
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Be brave, rip up your life's work
If you're convinced there's a bestseller in your PhD thesis, you'll have to be prepared to tear it apart to find the gripping yarn within, says Harriet Swain. And no, readers don't want to see your...
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Coffee and a 3,500-year-old pot
Name: Stephen Quirke Age: 42 Job: Curator of the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and reader in Egyptian archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University College London. I teach health...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. Because of limited lab space, my department restricts the number of people allowed to...
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Managers seek cure for staff cynicism
Academics' independence of mind, natural cynicism and principled stubbornness may be prized in lecture halls and on conference podiums, but they are giving university personnel managers a headache....
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Union attacks Glasgow redundancy initiative
Glasgow University's unions have accused management of adopting "scare tactics" by threatening compulsory job cuts in a bid to get staff to sign up for voluntary redundancy. Ian Black, Glasgow's...
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Who's in, Who's out?
UEA Naresh Pandit is leaving Manchester Business School after ten years to become professor of management at the University of East Anglia. He is keen to research the link between business clustering...
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EU and China link up to promote the knowledge-based bio-economy
Brussels, 15 September 2005 A conference in Brussels today examines Europe’s development towards a modern knowledge-based bio-economy, with contributions from industry representatives,...
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Technology platforms contributing to the knowledge-based bio-economy
Brussels, 15 September 2005 Prior to today’s conference on the knowledge-based bio-economy (see IP/05/1148 ), the Commission has already encouraged more structured and in-depth...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Transforming life sciences knowledge into new, sustainable, eco-efficient and competitive products - Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economyBrussels, 15 September 2005
15/09/2005 Conference on Knowledge-based bio-economy Brussels, 15 September 2005 Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great pleasure for me to open this conference hosted by the European Commission together...
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Report on the Proposed Council Decision Concerning the Placing on the Market of the Genetically Modified Maize Product, Zea Mays L., Line 1507 (link)
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 Full text of Document 12262/05 Suite of documents 12262/05 No Cion prop.: 10785/05 Subject: Proposal for a Council Decision concerning the placing on the market, in accordance...
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MEPs launch a new initiative to promote hydrogen fuel
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 MEPs from the all major political groups put forward their 'Hydrogen Manifesto' on 12 September, calling for a fundamental shift away from fossil fuel dependency and towards the...
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ESA to investigate faulty Mars Express instrument
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 The European Space Agency (ESA) has asked an investigation board to carry out a technical examination of one of the scientific instruments on board Mars Express - the Planetary...
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World conference on science & technology parks, China
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 A world conference on science and technology parks - 'Global innovation: the role of science and technology parks', will be held in Beijing, China, from 18 to 21 September....
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Information Day: 'aeronautics and space', 'sustainable energy systems and sustainable surface transport'
Brussels, 15 Sep 2005 An information day on the open fourth calls in 'aeronautics and space', 'sustainable energy systems' and 'sustainable surface transport' under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6...