Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name: Hugh Jones Age: 37 Job: Academic manager/reader in astronomy at Hertfordshire University (previously at Liverpool John Moores University). Salary: About £37...
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Cambridge slated for being too soft on staff
Managers at Cambridge University are unwilling to deal with underperforming staff adequately, an internal report for the university suggests. The review concluded there is a "widespread perception"...
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MMU backs down over new 'burger bar' contract
Manchester Metropolitan University has backed down over plans to introduce what lecturers' union Natfhe termed "burger bar"-style contracts for part-time and hourly paid staff. The union is hailing...
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Next week
Go backwards to go forwards Are you awake at the back? In our new careers and jobs section, how to keep students' attention throughout the year; a department audit; why ethics is taught on ever more...
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Scots lead ethnic access
Scottish universities have avoided the disparities between ethnic groups seen in English higher education, a three-year study has concluded. Young people from ethnic minorities in Glasgow are just as...
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Today's news
No place at Oxford for girl who scored 100% A student who is the only ever to have achieved a perfect score in her Greek A level has been refused a place to read classics at Oxford University. (Daily...
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Finland failed to legislate on release of GMOs into environment: judgment (C-423/03)
Luxembourg, 16 September 2004 C-423/03, Commission des Communautés européennes contre République de Finlande Judgment of the Court of Justice (Fourth Chamber) on 16 September 2004 (link to English...
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A vision for European Grid research
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 With hundreds of technical experts, business leaders and policy makers gathered in Brussels on 15 September to mark the launch of 12 EU funded Grid research projects, the...
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Germany reinforces bilateral research ties
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 Germany has recently strengthened its bilateral scientific cooperation with both Hungary and Israel. On 15 September, German Education and Research Minister Edelgard Bulmahn was...
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Conclusions of vision report on photovoltaics to be presented in Brussels
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 The European Commission is organising a conference to present the major conclusions of the 'vision report' on the future of photovoltaics, to take place in Brussels, Belgium, on...
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Call for proposals - science education and careers 2004
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 The European Commission has published a call for tenders for 'Science and society - science education and careers' under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). The call relates to...
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Bush and Kerry go head to head on science
Brussels, 16 Sep 2004 In the run up to the US presidential election, the science journal Nature has put 15 questions on current science debates to both candidates. The responses by current President...
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Laurie Taylor Column
A shock survey of the quality of teaching in British universities by The Independent finds that per cent of students fall asleep in lectures. Further percentage findings from the Survey of Teaching...
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Leader: UK must spend to regain its lead
International comparisons are more valuable for the ammunition they provide for campaigners than for the precision of the information they contain - the statistics are often dated, national systems...
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Leader: Hope for fairer system
Everyone is agreed (again) that a post-qualifications applications system would be fairer all round than the present model. A committee has been established (again) to address the practical...