Points of view
The visual arts in the UK are making a huge business and social impact. Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton puts developments into an international context. The economic argument for supporting cultural...
The visual arts in the UK are making a huge business and social impact. Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton puts developments into an international context. The economic argument for supporting cultural...
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Paul Marginson, senior lecturer in industrial relations at the University of Warwick, has been appointed to the chair in human resource management and employment relations; George...
Porridge Ingredients: oats, water, heat. The best porridge is made from pinhead oatmeal, really coarse oatmeal. Put one scoop oatmeal with three scoops water into a pan. Bring to the boil, stirring...
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/...
Christine Whitehouse on a project to re-connect girls to the computing universe on their own terms. Staffordshire University has played a large part in educating computer professionals, both men and...
Kam Patel reports on a survey that reveals many research laboratories are limping along with decrepit equipment. Centrifuges, fermenters, scintillation counters, computers and spectrophotometers -...
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has appointed the following governors: Charles Bean, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE;...
Technology may save money for the cash-strapped OU but students may suffer Information technology means job cuts. Not always, not everywhere. But it is now impossible to pretend that the higher...
Women's Work in East to West
Becoming World Class
IT to reduce staff by the year 2000, say universities. Thousands of university lecturers took to the streets this week to protest at underfunding and low pay. But universities are planning to cut...
EUROPEAN UNION www.cordis.lu and www.echo.lu www.europa.eu.int/comm/dg12/. Information technologies (ESPRIT) Contact: email: esprit@dg13.cec.be Open call: Research proposals in domains 1,2,6 and 8....
Reinventing the Left - The Labour Party Since 1979:
Canada lags behind most industrialised nations in recognising the crucial role of science and technology, according to a new report, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise. Research and development spending,...
As the academies warn that research capability is under threat, Tony Trinci puts flesh on the bones they rattle. The November 1995 Budget represents a defining moment for university education and...