ELSO creates database of women life scientists
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 The European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) has established a 'database of expert women in the life sciences' in order to try to give more visibility to female European...
Brussels, 01 Nov 2005 The European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) has established a 'database of expert women in the life sciences' in order to try to give more visibility to female European...
Imperial College London has poached a team of leading theoretical physicists from Queen Mary, University of London. The group of string theorists is led by Chris Hull, who is credited with playing a...
Preparing researchers for careers in and outside academe has been a longstanding issue for the Government, research councils, universities and employers alike. But the topic came to the fore with the...
The falling popularity of science at schools and universities so worries Imperial College, London, that it plans to employ postdocs who will spend half their time on research and the rest teaching...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's David Phillips...
Academic eyebrows were raised when forensic psychologist Kathy Charles appeared in The Scottish Sun commenting on a series of notorious unsolved crimes. In typical Sun style, she was compared to the...
Tim Birkhead's column "The UK's great £19.5m lottery" (Working Knowledge, July 21) has implications beyond the dishing out of grant funding. It resonates with recent articles and letters about the...
Ireland's economic boom brought equally impressive growth in higher education enrolment. But in a chillier fiscal climate, what awaits the Celtic Tiger's universities? Hannah Fearn reports
Universities have to fight to eradicate the bogus colleges that harm the UK's reputation, says Gerald Vinten. Rather like in the movie Jaws , it seems that one never knows what is lurking in the...
Outstanding Support for Early-Careers Researchers Early-career academics will benefit from a new category in this year's Times Higher Awards. The award, sponsored by Research Councils UK in...
Luring new blood to Finland is broadening horizons for native professors, says Mikko Sams The first academics appointed under a new scheme to attract researchers to Finland's universities and...
Worried about your employment, maternity, pension rights? Send your questions to The Times Higher advice panel. 'I'm an experienced researcher, with more than ten years' experience, but as I am on a...
Five centres launched this week will boost the numbers of researchers in languages and area studies. The aim of the £25 million language-based area studies initiative is to produce more academics who...
Olga Wojtas reports on the mentoring schemes set up to help women gain confidence and progress in a male-dominated academic world. Ever wished for someone to turn to for advice when you feel your...
The 'audit society' rewards those scientists who dance to its tune, says Peter Lawrence. Too busy working? Two left feet? Too bad It is fun to imagine songwriters being assessed as scientists are...