Brussels, 28th November 2003 Takeover bids (JT) A compromise text presented by the Italian Presidency, not supported by the European Commission, was approved unanimously by the Council. Under this...
Brussels, November 2003 Introduction Today's meeting of the Competitiveness Council is a good demonstration of the central role that this Council will play in the future. This Council formation is...
Brussels, 28 Nov 2003 The Council took note of the written information given by the Presidency on the outcome of the European Convention on Life Sciences and Biotechnology held in Rome on 21 November...
My MA was cross-disciplinary: English literature and fine arts at the Barber and Shakespeare institutes at Birmingham University. It was 1976 - a dim time, when a curry was the only cultural...
Jonathan Bate tells Helen Davies why there will always be room for another edition of Shakespeare. "Editing Shakespeare is rather like painting the Forth Bridge: once you've finished you have to...
Higher education minister Alan Johnson was last week promised a state funeral if he dropped dead while voting for foundation hospitals within the Palace of Westminster. On the day of the foundation...
Technicians at Warwick University may find themselves left off Germaine Greer's Christmas card list this year. Callers to her office are greeted by a terse voicemail message from the professor of...
Brown jackets, that sartorial staple of campuses the length and breadth of the British Isles, are the must-have fashion item for men this season, The Times announced last week. Its fashion writer...
Christmas trees on a university campus in the US will be sprayed with the scent produced by skunks to deter thieves. The University of Minnesota plans to spray between 400 and 500 pine trees with...
Thursday How do you get 120 students out of bed and on to a freezing-cold bus station at 6.30am? Promise them a fun-filled weekend in Holland. I call a register but they're all here and already in...
Universities are in trouble - financially, organisationally and strategically - with enormous growth in scale, big uncertainties about future revenues, too many claims on limited resources,...
Don't scupper the pay offer, says Unison's Christina McAnea. Support staff deserve recognition From official government publications to newspaper reports, universities are portrayed as run by hard-...
A national bursary scheme is the fairest way to widen access, argues Michael Thorne For a government often accused of pandering to Middle England, the introduction of top-up fees is a brave step. The...
A little restraint may just save your bacon when it comes to corresponding electronically, advises Valerie Atkinson There is never a good day to bury bad emails. And, apparently, never a good way...
Loughborough's School of Art and Design wants to signal it is "on the way up", while Exeter's School of Performing Arts hopes new staff will raise its research assessment exercise rating. Pat Leon...