Brussels, 18 May 2006 Nuclear issues - Radiation Protection Estonia, 19 to 23 September 2005 Main findings ( KB) Technical report (3KB) Verification reports under the terms of Article 35 of the...
Brussels, 18 May 2006 A conference entitled 'Nanomedicine' will take place in Prague, the Czech Republic, on 9 June. The conference aims to present nanotechnology and nanomedicine research from both...
London, 18 May 2006 Targeting the early signs of disease, boosting the number of entrepreneurs, and getting UK creative industries into China are some of the award winning projects sharing in &...
Intimidation fears prompt firm to quit university A major contractor has withdrawn from working for Oxford University because of fears of harassment and intimidation by animal rights extremists, it...
" V-cs start to dock pay " - The Times Higher, May 12 University of Poppleton From: The Office of the President (formerly vice-chancellor) Subject: Salary deductions As I have explained in my nine...
I once had a teacher whose special field was, he said, "English history, September 1 to 10, 1752". Those were the days that disappeared when Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar. I decided that...
Now that the outside world has discovered the higher education pay dispute, Reaction has been divided between moral outrage at the impact on students and an assumption that the impasse is the result...
Outsourcing is always regarded with suspicion in the public services. Private providers are assumed to be cutting corners to make a profit from work done more knowledgeably and conscientiously in-...
It would seem that truth is no longer a quality to be pursued, as illustrated by the case of Erik Ringmar and his talk at the London School of Economics open day ("Open day talk brings job to a close...
Erik Ringmar is to be admired for his honesty in informing prospective London School of Economics students that they can expect to be taught by PhD students and not by the experts in their field of...
That university teaching staff are poorly paid is widely recognised. In comparison with, say, teachers or medical staff of comparable skill, and even firefighters or train drivers, salaries are low....
The comparison of academics' salaries with those of other professionals is welcome. But in this, and the story "V-cs start to dock pay" (May 12), you follow the Universities and Colleges Employers'...
Chaminda Jayanetti's opinion article ("Neither pay nor morale will improve if you give in", May 12) is woefully wide of the mark in all aspects but one - that he is in a shrinking minority of...
Students at Exeter University's Students' Guild annual general meeting defeated a motion that proposed having the entire student body vote on the AUT's assessment boycott and what the Student Guild...
Prudence has been a quality singularly lacking in the Universities and Colleges Employers' Association's actions in the pay dispute ("V-cs start to dock pay", May 12). Once it was known that top-up...