Take train to less strain
Postdocs keen to pay off their student debts might be interested to hear of the job deals available at South West Trains. The company, which has recently been plagued by strikes by members of the...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Post-9/11 visa rules disrupt academe
Tightened US visa requirements are disrupting international scientific collaborations and driving academic conferences and many foreign graduate and doctoral students overseas, some to the UK. Entry...
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Teaching: On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Name : David McAlpine. Age: 36. Job: Reader in auditory neuroscience, University College London. Salary : About ?38,000 plus the risible London weighting....
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UK brain drain myth exposed
British higher education enjoys a substantial "brain gain" in a global academic market that is increasingly dominated by young researchers, a report has concluded. The Higher Education Policy...
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French expert explains her concept of a 'new transaction space' for innovation
Brussels, 07 Mar 2005 Europe is not innovative enough when it comes to pedagogy geared towards the training of young researchers, and suffers from a lack of debate on the issue, says Marie-Claude...
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Green tea time may be good for your joints
A key ingredient of green tea may provide protection from arthritis. Sheffield University scientists have found that an anti-oxidising enzyme - epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG - seems to halt the...
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Shoved 'out in the cold'
When fixed-term contracts end, many academics are forced to work for free publishing papers to get back on the career ladder. Claire Sanders reports Two researchers who ended up working full time in...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Nobel path to medical benefits
It came as a bit of a shock to Lisa Willats when, two weeks after she started her PhD, the men who pioneered her area of research, magnetic-resonance imaging, were awarded a Nobel prize. "It put a...
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Thirty-somethings are sick of grumpy old staff
A generation gap divides academe. Jim Mills wants more senior members to stop moaning and smell the roses It was all good news as we met at the British Library. Most of us knew one another from...
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RAE 2008: A nod to new blood and a warning to gameplayers
With the rules for the 2008 RAE in place, Anthea Lipsett and Tony Tysome assess the key changes and their impact on departments and individuals The final ground rules that will be used to judge...
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Find science's missing millions
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
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Find science's missing millions
When will those who commission scientific research and support undergraduate teaching in such subjects do their sums and pay the real overhead costs ("Clear improvement?", THES , September 26)? We...
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Scientists offer their thoughts on the Descartes Prize
Brussels, 14 Jul 2004 As the fifth anniversary of the Descartes Prize approaches, the Commission is keen to raise the profile of its most prestigious award for collaborative research and place it on...