RAE cash cliques
The Times Higher 's letters page has been strangely silent on the news that "about one in six" members of research assessment exercise sub-panels will be from just three universities ("Big three...
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Top tables?
Presumably, most people would agree that all institutions in UK higher education are not the same. My co-authors and I would also argue that attempts at ranking the institutions should not all be...
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This will really needle les Anglais
The Bayeux Tapestry - Anglo-Saxon England's 'sunburst of glory' - may be the handiwork of the French after all. Steve Farrar reports Among the souvenirs on sale in Canterbury Cathedral's gift shop is...
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Can the spooks be spooked?
Respected Cambridge historian Christopher Andrew has been chosen to write the official history of MI5, but Anthony Glees is not convinced that one man can tell the full story of UK Intelligence...
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Poems from the academy selected by Christopher Ricks
Walt Whitman provides this week's verse inspired by university life When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer When I heard the learn'd astronomer, When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns...
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Heat, light and a case of vintage reserve
Sparks flew when a group of hand-picked scientists debated why it is that the highly intelligent can fend off mental decline. Lisa Melton caught the action The threat hung in the air. Ian Deary, one...
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Unsung heroes who help science's wild ideas take flight
Without lab staff, the atom would not have been split. Harriet Swain celebrates the ingenuity of technicians John Rowden peers through a window into the dull red heat of the raging furnace. Bristol...
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Campus curiosities 08 The buried statues, Bristol
Hidden under the gardens of Clifton Hill House, a hall of residence at Bristol University, is a remarkable collection of classical statuary. The lost works of art decorated the Georgian mansion when...
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Conferred in the spirit of good relations
A special service unites the relatives of those who have donated their bodies to medical science and the students who benefit, writes Alan Thomson This is my body, the shell of my being which is...
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Commission Report on European Technology Platforms and Joint Technology Initiatives: Fostering Public-Private R&D Partnerships (link)
Brussels, 15 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 10102/05 Suite of documents 10102/05 Delegations will find attached Commission document SEC(2005) 800. [...] [Public Info Net automatically generates links...
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Annex to the Annual Report by the Commission on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union in 2003 (link)
Brussels, 15 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 10086/05 Addendum 01 Suite of documents 10086/05 Delegations will find attached Commission document SEC(2005) 725. [...] [Public Info Net automatically...
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Today's news
Graduates 'more downbeat' on jobs Graduates from British universities are more confident of finding a job than their peers in other countries but less optimistic about whether it will be the right...
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Latest Research News
Scientists grow brain cells in lab Scientists have grown brain cells in a laboratory for the first time. The technique could lead to cures for diseases such as Parkinson's, epilepsy and Alzheimer's,...
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Commission to speed up Europe’s world-leading networking infrastructure for scientists and students
Brussels, 14 June 2005 From today onwards, GÉANT2, Europe’s world-class research networking infrastructure, will use pulsed light (photons), rather than electrons, to carry huge...
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Launch of the GéANT2 network for scientists and students: Questions and Answers
Brussels, 14 June 2005 What is GÉANT for? Europe is home to the largest and most diverse group of academic and scientific researchers in the world. Collectively they produce terabytes of...