Dosh is not everything
You highlight that numbers of graduates are still paid well under £20,000 a year - bad news for any form of graduate tax, clearly. But has the heretical thought occurred that in some cases this may...
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It's not rocket science
Without doubt, a Beagle 3 mission should compete with other world-class projects ("Pillinger launches plea for Beagle 3 ", June 18). However, this time round we need a full evaluation of all the...
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Spats and cravats...
I enjoyed your article on "the sad truth about the academic wardrobe at its worst" ("What not to wear if you want to get on", June 18) immensely . It seems, however, that the decline is even worse...
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A little fine writing can go a long, long way
Quintessentially English in form, the essay allows the writer to say a little while suggesting a lot, writes Terry Eagleton. Cynically speaking, an essayist is a writer who has no more than 20 pages...
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Stinger on steroids that's even scarier than Jaws
The box jellyfish can kill a man in minutes. Linda Vergnani meets the researchers risking unimaginable pain to take the sting out of its touch. Wearing overalls and latex gloves, Heather Walling...
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Is this what makes us go 'here we go'?
Natural feeling versus political programme, modern versus ancient, the historians can't reach agreement on what causes nationalism. Karen Gold reports. "More than 1,000 years before the arrival of...
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Une nouvelle notion est enfin arrivée
Nationalism, barely 200 years old, is impossible to avoid, says David Bell. Nationalism is one of those phenomena that get more confused the closer one looks at them. Most readers would probably...
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They think it's all Ovid!
Poetry isn't all about fields of daffodils. Spurs fan and poet Sarah Wardle's latest work is inspired by her beloved local team. The story of a poet-in-residence at Tottenham Hotspur caught the...
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Swimmers put to test on the rack
Subaqua video modules and bespoke training machines could propel Britons to Olympic gold. Matthew Baker continues our series on the sports science revolution. "It's the little things that count: when...
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Today's news
Fees waived for students taking gap year Students taking a gap year in 2005 and deferring their university place until the following autumn will be exempt from tuition fees of up to £3,000 a year...
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Alternative testing methods: European research to replace and reduce animal tests
Brussels, 23 June 2004 In the presence of H.R.H. Prince Laurent of Belgium, President of the Prince Laurent Foundation for Animal Welfare, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin will today...
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Corrigendum 2 to the Finalised Text of the Agreement with the U.S. on the Promotion, Provision and Use of Galileo and GPS Satellite-Based Navigation Systems
Brussels, 23 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 10260/04 Corrigendum 02 Suite of documents 10260/04 Subject: Agreement on the promotion, provision and use of GALILEO and GPS satellite-based navigation...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 538 "High Temperature Plant: Lifetime Extension"
Brussels, 23 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 290/04 Suite of documents 290/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 537 "Core Laboratories for the Improvement of Medical Devices in Clinical Practice from the Failure of the Explanted Prostheses Analysis (FEPA)"
Brussels, 23 Jun 2004 Full text of Document 289/04 Suite of documents 289/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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New UK centre of excellence to tackle incurable diseases
Brussels, 23 Jun 2004 Cambridge University has announced that it will open a centre for human embryonic stem cell research that will develop treatments for a range of currently incurable diseases....