Nancy Rothwell
Depression has set in since George W. Bush won another four years, but every cloud has a silver lining. Last week began rather well. One of my PhD students passed his viva, my group was shortlisted...
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In the news: Sir Richard Sykes
Sir Richard Sykes has already overseen one big merger. As chief executive of pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoWellcome, he managed its union with SmithKline Beecham on December 2000. Now Sir Richard, 60,...
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PhD jobs crisis
Arts and humanities courses lag behind other disciplines in the provision of work experience. This may make it more difficult for these students to find suitable employment. Most employers are not...
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Giving a voice to science in Europe
Brussels, 12 Feb 2004 Following much deliberation, Euroscience – an association of science stakeholders – has announced the scientific themes for its 2004 Open Forum, from which many parallels can be...
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Giving a voice to science in Europe
Brussels, 12 Feb 2004 Following much deliberation, Euroscience – an association of science stakeholders – has announced the scientific themes for its 2004 Open Forum, from which many parallels can be...
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK: Europe needs a wake-up call - International Symposium – Natural Sciences in Contemporary Society (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
Ljubljana – 21 October 2005 International Symposium – Natural Sciences in Contemporary Society (Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts) Ljubljana – 21 October 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, The theme of...
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Set free to do the job
Government constraints stymie useful work, so Alan Smithers is delighted to go independent The Centre for Education and Employment Research is moving to Buckingham University. It is not just that it...
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Environment suffers damage
The Natural Environment Research Council has cancelled the summer round of its Standard Research Grant awards - worth ?10 million - in a bid to address a ?13.2 million financial shortfall, The...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage. Name: David Webb Age: 41 Job: Reader in electronic engineering and member of the photonics research group at Aston...
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In the news: Tim O'Shea
Tim O'Shea, master of London's Birkbeck College, will be back on an old stamping ground when he becomes principal of the University of Edinburgh in October, succeeding Lord Sutherland. Professor O'...
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Canada fishes foreign waters
THES reporters examine appointment systems worldwide: Canadian universities are seeking unprecedented numbers of new faculty, but critics point out that it is more likely than ever that applicants...
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Finding funds to care for the kids and the worms
Institutionalised sexism discourages many women from a career in science. What's being done about it? asks Helen Hague. Patricia Murray's PhD, awarded last year, was at the cutting edge of...
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Life's lethal quality control
A US businessman's claims to have found the unseen architect of evolution fell on deaf ears. But after a string of coincidences, some scientists are starting to listen. Geoff Watts reports One day in...
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Time bomb with a longer fuse
Natasha Loder asserts that we have something to learn from the United States ("Just what the postdocs ordered", THES, February 25). Despite scandalous levels of casualisation in United Kingdom...
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On the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Pat Leon asks teachers how they manage Name: Caroline Baillie Age: Definitely five, sometimes 100. Job: Deputy director of the UK Centre for Materials Education...