No to teaching ghetto 1
When I mentioned the white paper's denial of the link between research and teaching to a US colleague, he said: "Look at the National Science Foundation review criteria." There are two criteria for...
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No to teaching ghetto 2
With depressing regularity, government ministers and higher education pundits chant, "We cannot have world-class research in all of our universities." This is dispiriting to many fine scholars, it is...
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Fruits of research should be free
The news that researchers now have access to free online publication through BiomedCentral ("Jisc wins free journal access with BiomedCentral", THES, June ) might - if we are lucky - herald a radical...
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History lessons 1
Andrew Wilkie reportedly rejected a student because he had done national service in the Israeli army (In the News, THES, July 4). A few years ago, I mentored an Israeli colleague in writing and...
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History lessons 2
David Cesarani ("Face has changed but fear remains", THES, June ) compares the English press reaction to Jewish immigration in the early 20th century to today's scapegoating of Muslim communities....
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History lessons 3
David Cesarani warns that Muslims could be facing the same threats Jews did here. In the light of experience, the lesson seems to be that any action the authorities take should avoid harming the...
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Pulp facts and fiction
Richard Grove offers some long-overdue warnings about the loss of materials from Britain's library system ("Don't pulp the past", THES, June ), but we should not condemn the British Library for the...
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A popular choice
Your use of the word "unpopular" to characterise subjects threatened with closure at Durham University is misleading ("Top universities face cash crisis", THES, June ). The linguistics department has...
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Positive solutions
Most of the representatives quoted in your story "Screen medics' mental health" ( THES, July 4) seem in favour of "weeding out" anyone with a mental-health difficulty from the medical profession at...
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European Commission proposes strict ethical guidelines on EU funding of human embryonic stem cell research
Brussels, 9 July 2003 Today the Commission adopted a proposal for guidelines on EU-funded human embryonic stem cell research. The EU 6th Research Framework Programme (FP6 2003-2006), as adopted by...
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MoU for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST Action A22 "Foresight Methodologies  Exploring New Ways to Explore the Future"
Brussels, 09 Jul 2003 Full text of Document 261/03 Suite of documents 261/03 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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Monogamous species may go extinct more easily than polygamous ones
Brussels, 09 Jul 2003 A new study has found that monogamy may be proving a fatal attraction for endangered mammalian species. Research Headlines examines the ecological ramifications. A new study...
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Stockholm water symposium and World Water Week
Brussels, 09 Jul 2003 As part of activities during World Water Week, the Stockholm water symposium will take place from 10 to 16 August in Stockholm, Sweden. The symposium will serve as a link...
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Beagle 2 tests successfully completed
Paris, 09 Jul 2003 On Friday 4 July, and Saturday 5 July 2003, engineers successfully carried out overnight tests on the Mars Express lander, Beagle 2. Ground controllers at the European Space Agency...
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UN development work guided from space
Paris, 09 Jul 2003 United Nations-led development efforts in some of the poorest and most remote parts of the globe are being guided by images from space. The ESA-backed UNOSAT consortium is...