A real fast-track procedure
A pilot scheme aims to take medical advances out of the lab and into practice more quickly, writes Zoe Corbyn
A pilot scheme aims to take medical advances out of the lab and into practice more quickly, writes Zoe Corbyn
One day, I intend to conduct a study of how university staff download from iTunes. Do vice-chancellors – productively and efficiently – swoop into the site, grab the top ten lectures from iTunes U...
The director-general of the Confederation of British Industry has cast doubt on the Government's flagship policy to increase university- level skills in the workplace. Richard Lambert said businesses...
Despite the American automobile industry's catastrophic decline in popularity, profits and market share, there has been no shortage of scholarly analyses of its historical importance. If pioneering...
Knights BachelorProfessor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran. Professor and head of obstetrics and gynaecology and president, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. For services to medicine. (London...
The internet does not have to spell disaster for the publishing industry: Tara Brabazon visits the San Francisco bookstore that holds out hope
Wellington was once a town where espresso was dangerously pretentious, but an innovative alliance of galleries, libraries, archives and museums has helped rebrand the New Zealand city
In this thought-provoking book, Amar Bhide challenges the "technonationalist" view that America's comparative advantage lies in technological leadership and the associated "alarmist" fears that, as...
The recession has intensified competition for university places, with degrees more vital than ever for gaining an advantage in a tough job market. As clearing begins, will the 'lost generation' be...
As the blueprint for the RAE's replacement is fine-tuned, evolution rather than revolution looks set to be the hallmark of the research excellence framework. Zoe Corbyn reports on a work in progress
Jules Pretty unearths the roots of epic tales of life and death
The dust jacket of this book proclaims that "the price of oil has doubled in less than two years. And it is still rising". Not now it isn't.In early 2008, US investment bank Goldman Sachs, at that...
Understanding Cultural GlobalizationAuthor: Paul HopperEdition: FirstPublisher: PolityPages: 240Price: £50.00 and £15.99ISBN 9780745635576 and 5583Hopper, reader in the School of Historical and...
The London School of Economics has recruited Niall Ferguson to a chair in international history. Professor Ferguson, an academic historian, journalist and television presenter, holds positions at...
The Government has become too focused on the role that universities can play in improving the skills of the UK workforce, at the expense of further education colleges, which are often better placed...