It was never perfect, but it was my dream job
Since taking up my chair at Leicester University in 1977, I have had three invitations to consider offers of senior management positions in multinational companies. Although I knew and admired...
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Renewable lobby calls for ring-fence
Brussels, 19 Jul 2006 The renewable energy industry associations have expressed their disappointment with the European Commission, who dropped a European Parliament decision to devote two-thirds of...
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Technology platform calls for 40 per cent increase in embedded systems research
Brussels, 04 Jul 2005 The industry-led ARTEMIS technology platform (advanced research and technology for embedded intelligence in systems) has warned that investment in pre-competitive research in...
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Danish parliament asked to look into biotech for foods of the future
Brussels, 12 Nov 2004 A new Danish 'farm-to-fork' strategy has called on the country's parliament to investigate the role biotechnology could play in designing better tasting and safer foods. The ten...
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Young put off cancer study
Lack of long-term funding deters new scientists from careers in UK cancer research. Rebecca Attwood reports. Too many young scientists in the UK are asking why anyone would choose a career in...
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All-seeing eye watches but often fails to notice
Research shows CCTV is oversold, but its ubiquity stifles work on other means of crime prevention, says Mike Press. Tackling crime is not rocket science - it is more complicated than that. But...
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Worldwide webs of capitalism
- Globalization's Contradictions - The Globalization and Development Reader
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Alison Wolf
Unemployment is rising and things are getting tight over at the Treasury. In the year ahead, the Government will need to spend our money wisely on behalf of UK plc. And where better than in the field...
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Access top of Brown agenda
The new premier has pledged investment but what does the sector want? Melanie Newman reports As Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister this week, higher education had been put firmly on his agenda...
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Ventures with business present gains and pains
The future of university expansion or a false hope? In the first of three articles, Claire Sanders looks at increasing employer involvement in higher education Employer-led higher education is still...
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Statement of the Council's Reasons on its Common Position for a Decision Concerning the Seventh Research Framework Programme (2007-2013) (extract)
Brussels, Sep 2006 Full text of Document 12032/2/06 Addendum 01 Revision 02 Suite of documents 12032/2/06 Subject: Common position adopted by the Council on 25 September 2006 with a view to the...
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The business of being a good v-c 1
A minor flurry of vice-chancellor resignations and retirements, with the prospect of a generation of more "businesslike" vice-chancellors ("Struggle to fill v-c job vacancies", July 21), should not...
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Innovative Medicines Initiative path around bottlenecks to R&D efficiency favours setting up a European Medicines Research Academy (EMRA) (lenhth))
Brussels, 20 Sep 2006 The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has published a new version of its strategic research agenda (SRA), outlining strategies to overcome specific 'bottlenecks' to...
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Select your cane, it's time for a good thrashing
Trust and free speech fly out the window as universities kowtow to the Government, argues Simon Larter The end of my second year is only days away, the pay dispute is having a direct impact on...
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Union politics impaired pay battle, paper says
Ordinary members of the academic unions were let down by poor tactics and bad planning in last year's pay dispute because senior union officials were too focused on the manoeuvring for power in the...