Lord Winston proposed in last week's THES that scientists should not be too close to the government and that the public "should... have a major input into how scientific knowledge is generated and...
Killing Labour's proposed tuition scheme could turn a crisis into a disaster, warns Chris Patten The debate about student tuition fees has blotted out discussion of where our higher education system...
Do universities really benefit from science parks? Colin Lizieri assesses dubious assumptions Like the latest children's toy, science parks have become must-have developments for universities....
How do you inject life into an unresponsive seminar group? Susan Bassnett has some pertinent advice for the exasperated tutor Sooner or later we all come up against one of the most dispiriting events...
Government plans to get children on the right educational track from a young age are creating new job opportunities as universities look to recruit experts in childhood studies. Pat Leon reports...
Dénes Szücs, 30 University Lecturer in Neuroscience and Education Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge £23,296 - £35,950 pa Job advertised in The THES , May 2 2003 A young Hungarian...
A hunger for knowledge has opened doors for aspiring learners in York with few or no qualifications, say Leila Roberts and Linda Pritchard. Can you take students, many without any qualifications,...
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name : Rosie Parnell Age : 31 Job : Lecturer in the School of Architecture, University of Sheffield. Salary : £24K plus a...
The cult of celebrity may seem a modern phenomenon. But historians have found that Britain's first modern-style celebs started pursuing fame for fame's sake more than two centuries before Big Brother...
Downing College's techniques were 'bullying and intimidating'. An Oxford University admissions tutor has attacked her Cambridge counterparts for using what she claims are discredited "bullying and...
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 205/04 Suite of documents 205/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European concerted Research Action designated as COST...
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 204/04 Suite of documents 204/04 Council Register
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 203/04 Suite of documents 203/04 Council Register
Accept bill as whole or not at all, Clarke warns MPs Education secretary Charles Clarke warned Labour MPs yesterday that they could not adopt a "pick and mix" approach to the government's plans for...
Brussels, 08 Jan 2004 Full text of Document 202/04 Suite of documents 202/04 Council Register