With the rules for the 2008 RAE in place, Anthea Lipsett and Tony Tysome assess the key changes and their impact on departments and individuals The final ground rules that will be used to judge...
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 As the fifth anniversary of the Descartes Prize approaches, the Commission is keen to raise the profile of its most prestigious award for collaborative research and place it on...
Tuberculosis is no long-gone scourge but a deadly modern-day disease that is increasingly resistant to treatment. Anna Fazackerley meets a woman seeking new ways to attack the bacterium that causes...
Depression has set in since George W. Bush won another four years, but every cloud has a silver lining. Last week began rather well. One of my PhD students passed his viva, my group was shortlisted...
Sir Richard Sykes has already overseen one big merger. As chief executive of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoWellcome, he managed its union with SmithKline Beecham on December 2000. Now Sir Richard, 60,...
Arts and humanities courses lag behind other disciplines in the provision of work experience. This may make it more difficult for these students to find suitable employment. Most employers are not...
Brussels, 12 Feb 2004 Following much deliberation, Euroscience – an association of science stakeholders – has announced the scientific themes for its 2004 Open Forum, from which many parallels can be...
Brussels, 12 Feb 2004 Following much deliberation, Euroscience – an association of science stakeholders – has announced the scientific themes for its 2004 Open Forum, from which many parallels can be...
Ljubljana – 21 October 2005 International Symposium – Natural Sciences in Contemporary Society (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) Ljubljana – 21 October 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, The theme of...
Government constraints stymie useful work, so Alan Smithers is delighted to go independent The Centre for Education and Employment Research is moving to Buckingham University. It is not just that it...
The Natural Environment Research Council has cancelled the summer round of its Standard Research Grant awards - worth ?10 million - in a bid to address a ?13.2 million financial shortfall, The...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: David Webb Age: 41 Job: Reader in electronic engineering and member of the photonics research group at Aston...
Tim O'Shea, master of London's Birkbeck College, will be back on an old stamping ground when he becomes principal of the University of Edinburgh in October, succeeding Lord Sutherland. Professor O'...
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Canadian universities are seeking unprecedented numbers of new faculty, but critics point out that it is more likely than ever that applicants...
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Patricia Murray's PhD, awarded last year, was at the cutting edge of...