Credit where it's due
Tony Hewish's minimising of the part played by his student Jocelyn Bell Burnell in the discovery of pulsars should not be the final word (Diary, THES , October 25, November 8). The discovery of...
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An eye on plagiarism
The article "Troubled Wales is hit by plagiarism claim" (News, THES , November 8) conflates and confuses two cases. The first, Jo Kimber's, was a complaint to the University of Wales Swansea that was...
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Eugenics is a reality
Ian Wilmut's review of Genetic Politics (Books, November 8) ignores how the disability discourse has been hijacked by anti-abortionists. The obligatory denunciation of "eugenics" is one way of...
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Confusing victims with bullies 1
It is extraordinary that Michael Cohen and Colwyn Williamson should criticise the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology's investigation into Mona Baker's behaviour on behalf of...
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Confusing victims with bullies 2
Michael Cohen and Colwyn Williamson rightly expose Umist's let's-make-it-up-as-we-go-along "internal inquiry" into Mona Baker's activities. Like Baker, I have been the target of a Zionist "witch-hunt...
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Confusing victims with bullies 3
Mona Baker has the right to put forward unpopular opinions without fear of losing her job or privileges that go with it. But with privileges come obligations, such as not to bring one's institution...
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Confusing victims with bullies 4
Academics should guard against simplistic solutions designed more to demonise the Jewish State of Israel and its people than to criticise the political policies of a democratically elected government...
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Full list of prizewinners and projects
University of Cambridge - the Charles Darwin Correspondence Project Deeside College, North Wales - Training for Business University of Greenwich - IT Evacuation Tools for the Safety Industry Imperial...
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Update: 12:45
London students hit by staff strike Tens of thousands of university students in London are being hit by a strike over pay involving staff from porters to professors. Four unions are staging the...
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Today's news
Ministers accused of 'softening us up' for top-up fees A shake-up of universities with the prospect of students paying top-up fees is the most controversial education proposal in the Queen's Speech....
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University-industry relationship key to technology transfer, agrees innovation panel
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 'I was very surprised and quite glad to hear that, from the Commission point of view, universities will continue to play a very strong role in the innovative process,' Yves...
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Europe's innovators to attend TAFTIE conference
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 The 10th annual TAFTIE conference is being held in Helsinki from 25- to November, the key focus being on networking. TAFTIE, or 'Through the association for technology...
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Science and society website
Brussels, 13 Nov 2002 A new web service hosted by Observa contains information on the results of studies and surveys, news and links on the theme of the relations between science and society. Observa...
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Envisat's MERIS captures phytoplankton bloom
Paris, 13 Nov 2002 From 800 km in space, you would have to squint really hard to see one of these – a micron-sized phytoplankton and its armoured shell. But when a lot of them get together, say, a...
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EP Briefing 2002-11-18: Scientific Research in the Candidate Countries (own-initiative report)
Strasbourg, 13 Nov 2002 Jürgen ZIMMERLING's (EPP-ED, D) own-initiative draft resolution for the Industry Committee on the state of research in candidate countries states that the Commission must...