The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It, by David Weil
Virginia Doellgast finds workers pay dearly when big firms devolve oversight of pay and conditions
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Critics sceptical that EPSRC will act on review findings
Report calls for a more 鈥榯ransparent and inclusive鈥 structure, but scientists await council鈥檚 response
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Interview: USS chief keeps eyes on long-term prize
Bill Galvin optimistic about future despite massive deficit
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IT skills and links between industry and universities vital, says Clarke
The government's commitment to a fundamental shift in the relationship between higher education and business was reinforced at a skills launch on Tuesday. Charles Clarke, secretary of state for...
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Catapult targeting needs greater accuracy
鈥楤ig community鈥 not reached by prestigious programme, study finds. Elizabeth Gibney writes
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Academics still lack awareness of catapult centres
鈥楤ig community鈥 yet to be reached by prestigious programme, study finds
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Any cuts to doubled FP7 budget go against Lisbon Strategy, argues Buzek report
Brussels, 16 Jan 2006 The first draft of the report on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) by the European Parliament's committee on industry, research and energy (ITRE) claims that any reduction...
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Social path through Pasteur鈥檚 quadrant
University research is an astonishing force for good in the world, argues Leszek Borysiewicz
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News in brief - 18 April 2013
European Access NetworkWorld-widening participation aidA global network of students, academics, politicians and business leaders has been launched with the aim of promoting access to university for...
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Construction sector announces conference to stimulate industry-led research
Brussels, 11 May 2004 The European Council for Construction Research, Development and Innovation (ECFREDI), currently coordinating the EU network E-CORE, is to organise a conference to showcase...
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CPMR calls for increased regional dimension to future EU research strategy
Brussels, 06 Aug 2004 The conference of peripheral maritime regions (CPMR), an association representing geographically remote areas of Europe, has expressed its surprise at the 'unambitious' regional...
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'Outside the ring-fence, beyond Haldane, the big bucks should stop with the state'
The government has a legitimate role in deciding where approximately 拢1.5 billion of capital funding outside the science ring-fence should be spent, David Willetts has insisted.Questioned on the...
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Picking winners? Osborne reveals graphene cash as Treasury muscles into science funding
George Osborne, the chancellor, has announced the allocation of 拢21.5 million for projects to unlock practical applications for the 鈥渕iracle material鈥 graphene.
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State lowers pay hurdle for overseas graduates
State lowers graduate pay hurdle as civil servant backs student migrants. David Matthews reports
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Overseas students can earn less to stick around
State lowers pay hurdle for overseas graduates as mandarin backs student migrants. David Matthews writes