RAE forces us to fudge
Having read two pieces on "abuse" in the research assessment exercise (THES, July 3 and July 10), I feel moved to respond. I should start by pleading guilty to being one of those "managers" in...
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Hot shots
(Photograph) - Rolls-Royce backs 16 university technology centres in Britain, where teams are developing competitive aero-engines and industrial power systems, see page .
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Russian invitation
Opportunities for western universities and firms to work with advanced institutions in the former USSR countries have been created through the International Science and Technology Centre based in...
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Sources for research funding in 1998
Each month this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk EUROPEAN UNION. www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu. int/comm/...
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Walking out of the picture
(Photograph) - Steve Morgan, a fine arts student at Cheltenham and Gloucester College, with his final-year sculpture show. Photograph: MAMP
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Clinical assessment
We agree that it is not possible to forecast the need for additional doctors in the National Health Service in isolation from other health care professionals (THES, July 3). The Campbell report's...
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Women and poker
Your feature on women's academic career prospects (THES, July 3) was most illuminating. It is a welcome addition to the growing literature on this topic. Much of this featured at a conference in...
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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...