Women and poker
I trust that David C. Nicoll is not an academic. Before he sneered at Anne Boddington's description of going for promotion as "like playing poker with loaded dice", he should have checked that poker...
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Embryonic blemishes
It is unfortunate that the picture chosen to illustrate the article "Engineered to perfection" (THES, July 10) about the issues surrounding pre-implantation genetic diagnosis was misleading, as were...
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No noto yo-yo
I am sorry that John Sparks (THES, July 10), who is so much on the same side as I am when it comes to teaching in higher education, thinks it necessary to take me to task, but his "trial and error"...
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Distance holds key to growth
ARGENTINA is the eighth largest country in the world, about one third the size of Europe but with a population of only 33 million. Of these, some 12 million people are located in the province of...
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High standards in a massive world
SOME words escape me. Words such as "standards" and "innovation". Not because their definition is elusive, or their meaning largely unclear. But because they become associated with a metaphysical...
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Don's Diary
Sunday The weekend of my mother's 80th birthday. My siblings have been assembled from around the globe, no mean feat of organisation, and we are off to a lunch for 42 at a Sussex hotel. This event is...
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Fellowships
Welsh College of Music and Drama Honorary fellowships have been awarded to: Keith Allen, actor; Roy Bohana, music director of the Arts Council for Wales to 1997; Julian Bream, lutenist; Rebecca Evans...
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Awards
The Royal Society of Chemistry 1997 silver medal awards have been presented to the following: Analytical reactions and analytical reagents: Ramaier Narayanaswamy, professor at UMIST, in recognition...
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Careers: In the City
Pack up your PhD and head for the City where the computer screens are painted in pound signs for the ambitious researcher, says Natasha Loder GETTING a PhD is not the obvious route towards making a...
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Do the big shots call the shots?
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders. How does the computing giant decide who to back and...
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How Microsoft backs higher education in the United States
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders Microsoft Student Scholarship Programme for...
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Do the big shots call the shots?
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders. Oxford's Glycobiology Institute receives the biotech...
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Do the big shots call the shots?
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders. The aero-engines and industrial power systems maker...
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Tell us your views
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders Big firms spend big money on university research, but...
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Cash for Scots network
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has awarded Pounds 161,500 to three universities to help develop a learning network for remote sensing, a method of studying the environment on local,...