Deep in world affairs 1
Eric Thomas' claim that only Oxbridge has a global impact among UK universities ("Think you belong on the world stage? Think again", THES , November 28) is unfair to Imperial College London and the...
Search
-
-
Deep in world affairs 2
The UK has long regarded itself as international because it has large numbers of international students and because its researchers collaborate worldwide. Other countries are internationalising far...
-
No rescue took place
Lancaster University's offer of a personal chair is in no way connected to the Austrian Academy of Science's refusal to extend and fund my research centre ("Lancaster rescues embattled linguist",...
-
The third man
I am surprised Arthur C. Clarke seems unaware of The Double Helix (1968) by James Watson (Books, THES , November 14) when he says that "there are few examples of a great breakthrough in science being...
-
Model argument 1
The article "Price of policy put at £230m" ( THES , November 28) incorrectly suggests that the Royal Society regards the distribution of higher education funding council support based on information...
-
Model argument 2
The Royal Society did not commission the work carried out by Evidence Ltd and, although the analysis was communicated to him, Lord May's analyses and conclusions were his own. While the Evidence work...
-
For the record...
At no point does the Arts and Humanities Research Board's submission to the research assessment exercise consultation say that musical performance "cannot be classified as research" ("Performers must...
-
Today's news
Johnson says science students will escape top-up fees Thousands of science students will escape top-up fees, the higher education minister declared yesterday. Alan Johnson told the Commons education...
-
Commission note on Galileo: Negotiations with the USA - Draft Directives for Negotiations with India and Israel - Fiscal Matter Relating to the Joint Undertaking (link)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15468/03 Suite of documents 15468/03 Subject: GALILEO ­ negotiations with the United States of America ­ draft directives for negotiations...
-
GMOs and conventional crops: the battle over "coexistence"
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 As part of the ongoing debate on the difficulties of separating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from conventional organisms in food and animal feed, the Agriculture...
-
New technology could piece together shredded Stasi documents in five years
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Technology developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for design technology and Lufthansa Systems Group could reconstruct all of the files destroyed by East Germany's secret police...
-
Note on the Draft PSC Conclusions on the Way Forward Regarding the White Paper on Space Policy
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 Full text of Document 15547/03 Suite of documents 15547/03 Subject: Draft PSC conclusions on the way forward regarding the White Paper on Space Policy: A new European Frontier...
-
Provisional Version Competitiveness Council of 3 Dec. (Stem Cell Research)
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 The Council examined a text put forward by the Presidency, following the Council's deliberations at its meeting on 26 November, on the establishment of implementing provisions...
-
What the new chemicals regulation means for R&D
Brussels, 03 Dec 2003 A workshop has been organised this week to delve into the Commission's proposal for regulating the European chemicals industry and what this could mean for research, the JRC...
-
Planet Mars from 5.5 million kilometres
Paris, 03 Dec 2003 Mars from 5.5 million km This picture was taken on 1 December 2003 from ESA's Mars Express spacecraft by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) under the responsibility of the...