Hail the return of the binary divide 3
The Higher Education Funding Council for England says that "not every teacher needs to be engaged in research but might be expected to engage in scholarship to inform their work as teachers". Where...
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Managerial madness 2
Steven Schwartz's article on outdated university governance illustrates knee-jerk managerialist thinking. Management models imported wholesale from business are ill-adapted to a university context,...
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Hail the return of the binary divide 1
Ending the binary divide allowed working-class and ethnic minority students greater access to the intellectual stimulation of being taught in "new" university departments informed by lively research...
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Hail the return of the binary divide 2
Michael Bassey is right in saying that the government has confused "big expensive research" with "a lot of small and inexpensive research that can and should continue across the sector" and that the...
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Community Patent Study - "The possible introduction of an insurance against costs for litigation in patent cases"
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 The possible introduction of an insurance against costs for litigation in patent cases" by CJA Consultants Ltd, European Policy Advisers, Britain and Brussels [...] EXECUTIVE...
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Prior information notice for studies and services in innovation
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 The European Commission has published a prior information notice regarding a call for tenders for two innovation projects. The proposed studies in the first project will enable...
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Lukewarm reception for patent agreement from European employers association
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 UNICE, the union of industrial and employers' confederations of Europe, has questioned aspects of the Competitiveness Council's agreement on a Community patent. In a statement...
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UK space museum marks Envisat's first year
Paris, 12 Mar 2003 The UK National Space Centre is commemorating Envisat and its first year in space in a special exhibition as part of Britain's National Science Week. Sponsored by the British...
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EU innovative radar imaging system provides early warning of volcanic activity
Brussels, 12 March 2003 The Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to use its innovative LISA (Linear Synthetic Aperture) high-resolution radar system to monitor movements on Italy's Mount...
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European conference on coastal zone research
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 A European conference on coastal zone research will take place from 24 to March in Gdansk, Poland. The event is being organised by the EU project cluster on European land-ocean...
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Draft statement of the Council's reasons Common position for a Regulation on genetically modified food and feed - Consultation deadline: 13.3.2003 (link)
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 Full text of Document 5204/03 [...] III. Analysis of the common position A. General comments The common position is substantially in accordance with the positions taken by the...
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Is Europe on Track to Meet the Lisbon Competitiveness Goals? Commissioner Busquin to present Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators, 2003
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 Press conference - Release of the Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators 2003 17th March, 2003, Brussels, 11h00 - 12h00 The Third European Report on...
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Commission-funded initiative boosts SME participation in FP5 energy programmes
Brussels, 12 Mar 2003 An EU funded project that aimed to increase the participation of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in energy research projects resulted in the submission of 41 proposals...
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Update: 12:55
Natfhe's FE members accept pay deal Further education members of lecturers' union Natfhe have voted to accept the latest pay offer from employers, designed to bring teaching salaries in FE closer to...
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Today's news
Hildabeasts keep men at bay Traditionalists on the governing body of St Hilda's yesterday threw out a reforming plan to admit men and sacrifice its status as the only remaining single-sex Oxford...