Renewable energies for Europe
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 A conference on 'renewable energies for Europe' will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 21 and 22 November. The event, organised by the European Commission, aims to present the...
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Workshop on intangibles and intellectual capital
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 The European Institute for advanced studies in management is organising the first workshop on visualising, measuring and managing intangibles and intellectual capital. It will...
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JRC calls for study on developing the information society in the new EU Member States
Brussels, 28 Jul 2005 The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published a call for tenders addressing the next step in developing information society services in the new EU Member...
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Today's news
Scholars hit back at 'evil' bombers Qur'anic scholars started a tour of Muslim communities in Britain yesterday to underline their unequivocal horror at suicide bombings and terror attacks. Using...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"The next research assessment exercise is not 'all about publishing in high-impact journals. It is about ensuring that... research is disseminated by whatever means'" - Rama Thirunamachandran, the...
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Leader: The future must be home grown
There is nothing wrong with recruiting academics overseas - on the contrary, UK universities' success in this regard shows that they are seen as internationally competitive and ambitious. But the...
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Leader: Help teachers aim high
Successive governments, to a more or less vocal extent, have championed school-based teacher training as a better alternative to the traditional system. Universities and colleges have been convenient...
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Hackles raised over RAE 2008 1
The proposed concession by some research assessment exercise panels of allowing so-called super-books to count as two items highlights the anomaly of books in general in the RAE ("RAE countdown 2008...
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Hackles raised over RAE 2008 2
I am outraged by the efforts of Royal Academy engineers to import what can only be regarded as institutionalised age discrimination into the RAE process. Their (reportedly) successful efforts to...
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Hackles raised over RAE 2008 3
The main argument against the RAE's shift of focus from prestige journals appears to be organisational and administrative - concerning the practicality of "ensuring that high-quality research is...
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Anything but blase 1
The headline "Science blase on terror" and the first line "Scientists in the UK are failing to consider potential terror threats resulting from their work and dismissing warnings about bio-weapons" (...
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Anything but blase 2
I sympathise with Lee Harvey's belief that first-years should not be taught by graduate students (Letters, July 15), especially when it comes to marking and feedback. But I suspect that any graduate...
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Facts on figures
The letter from Alfred Morris ("Not so clear view", July 15) contains an obvious non sequitur. In order for the vice-chancellor to replicate the position of the University of the West of England in...
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Associate staff snub
You ran an advertisement on July 8 from the Association of University Teachers suggesting that the Open University had agreed assimilation to the new pay plan. This is misleading - it relates to full...
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Online experience
While I agree with Helen Davey's point in her Soapbox column (July 1) that institutions should take some responsibility for incorporating work experience into the academic programme, students...