Don't fall into the virtual traps
Serious gaming could flourish if past errors are avoided, writes Robert Stone The Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence recently organised a seminar titled Exploiting...
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I don't want to meet the parents
The growing infantilisation of campus life is not doing students or lecturers any favours, says Frank Furedi In 1997, I completed my book The Culture of Fear . Most of the comments my copy editor...
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Warning - high risk of overload
Feeling swamped by too much information? Harriet Swain finds that there are many ways of dealing with the data you are deluged with, ranging from traditional library-based approaches to high-tech...
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Always time for a round of golf
Name : John Lord Age : 57 Jobs : Senior lecturer at the Welsh School of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure Management, University of Wales, working as a course director, handling event management...
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Ask the panel
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. I am an hourly paid lecturer working in a new university that is implementing the new...
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£14m bid to attract new blood to region
Universities in the South West are launching a joint bid to attract 145 young researchers to disciplines that will boost local industry. The £14 million project, called Great Western Research, will...
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Who got that job?
Martin Webster Outreach manager, Nottingham Trent University Advertised in The Times Higher , January 14, 2005 It would be difficult to find anyone more fervent about a job than Martin Webster,...
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Schism within AUT threatens vote on OU pay deal
A proposed pay deal for thousands of Open University tutors was shrouded in confusion this week after the legality of a staff ballot was called into question. As The Times Higher reported last week,...
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Initial operations for EGNOS
Paris, 28 Jul 2005 The European Satellite Services Provider (ESSP) has begun the Initial Operations Phase of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), following the successful...
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Concrete involvement of Chinese Industries in the Galileo Programme, with the signing of three contracts in Beijing (link)
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 Full text Concrete Involvement of Chinese industries in the Galileo Programme - Three Contracts Signed Today Chinese participation in Galileo entered a practical stage, with the...
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Water ice in crater at Martian north pole (link)
Paris, 28 Jul 2005 Photos and graphics These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show a patch of water ice sitting on the floor of an...
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Applications under Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 on Genetically Modified Food and Feed [GM Food Feed applications] (link)
Luxembourg, 28 Jul 2005 Since 18 April 2004, Genetically Modified Food and Feed applications are regulated in the European Community under Regulation (EC) 1829/2003 It provides for a single Community...
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EuropaBio Position Paper on the Reform of the EU sugar regime
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 Background On 22 June 2005, EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel published a proposal for a far-reaching shift in EU sugar funding. The core of the proposal is a 39...
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EuropaBio Position paper on the scope of the EU GM Food and Feed Regulation (EC) 1829/2003
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has 50 direct members Background On 22 September 2003 the European Parliament and the Council adopted two Regulations on...
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US comes out on top in EU-US innovation comparison
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 A report comparing the innovative performance of the US and the EU has painted a gloomy picture of Europe's ability to compete, and has offered five recommendations to get the...