At odds over pay
David Fysh and Alan Carr are at odds with other union colleagues and employers over the lecturers' pay offer (Letters, THES , November 7). The framework agreement offers increases of between 7.7 and...
David Fysh and Alan Carr are at odds with other union colleagues and employers over the lecturers' pay offer (Letters, THES , November 7). The framework agreement offers increases of between 7.7 and...
The pressure group Sense About Science is not a force of enlightenment (Opinion, THES , November 7) but yet another vested-interest group aiming to crush dissent. This one automatically labels as "...
Martin Conway and Andrew Young (Soapbox, THES , October 31) describe the potentially disastrous move to downgrade psychology as a science subject. In 1965, I was appointed to develop psychology at...
Lord Puttnam and subject lobby groups should understand the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England's methodology before shooting off scare stories (Letters, THES , November 7). First, the...
Gillian Evans' comment on the outcome of the Quality Assurance Agency's audit of the University of Cambridge (Letters, THES , November 7) is as misleading as the headline ("Watchdog mauls LBS and...
I am dismayed by Roger Watson's flippant generalisations about nurse educators (Letters, THES , October 24). As a professor of nursing, he should be celebrating the fact that nursing is in the realm...
Any colleague contemplating a post at a German university should look carefully at their pension rights. When I took up my appointment in Munich, I was assured that my years of service in the UK...
Are we reaching the stage at which it will be impossible for a man to criticise a well-known woman without being accused of sexism ("Baroness hits back at laureate's broadside", THES , October 31)?...
I was shocked to see Hertfordshire University's advert "Have you got the X factor?", aligning X chromosomes with the ability to make an "instant impression" that is "instantly credible" ( THES ,...
What's in a name? Gary Day (Opinion, THES , October 31) says that "academics are not artists". But if a practising fine artist also holds an associate teaching post in an institute of higher...
Nick Saunders (Professional, THES , November 7) claims that some academics submit identical papers to multiple journals simultaneously to increase their chances of getting published. All the journals...
Universities praised for spin-out success There are now more staff working in technology transfer than before and more patents filed, benefiting universities by £22.4 million, according to the second...
Brussels, 12 Nov 2003 The inter-institutional debate on whether the EU should fund embryonic stem cell research, and if so under which conditions, looks unlikely to be resolved swiftly, according to...
Brussels, 12 Nov 2003 French and Italian researchers have developed a faster and less expensive process for the production of the fine aluminium rings used in rocket boosters. The aerospace industry...
Brussels, 12 Nov 2003 The national contact point for the Sixth Framework Programme in Szczecin, Poland, is organising a workshop on 'functional food - seafood, the prevention of diseases by diet', to...