£25m disease research plan
The Wellcome Trust is to put upto Pounds 25 million into joint research on infectious diseases carried out by teams with participants drawn from the developed and developing world. Diphtheria,...
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Award for work on microscope
A Heriot-WattUniversity technician has won a Pounds 1,000 innovation award for amicroscope which could monitor the quality of a newgeneration ofsemiconductorsand chips. Lynn Edwards, aged 25,...
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EPSRC: keeping science healthy
'There should be some failure. It means you are learning more,' Richard Brook tells Natasha Loder. As chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the United Kingdom's...
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Interdisciplinary research centers
Although the EPSRC does not have institutes it does have fixed lifespan interdisciplinary research centres. Established under the old Science and Engineering Research Council, they were created to...
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Cutting edge
Amanda Stronza ...reports from Hell, or Infierno in Peru, on the effect of ecotourism on the rain forest, its people and the rich wildlife. I wanted to test some of our assumptions about the impact...
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Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society in London
The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Royal Society in London are launching a study on the implications of devolution for Scottish science and the British science base. The work group will be...
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How to get a job in research policy
If research is getting you down and you believe it could be better organised, maybe a career in research policy is the answer. Guy Rickett, a research council employee on secondment to the House of...
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Improvements on the big tube
A Pounds 175 million synchrotron could put Britain at the forefront of genome research, reports Julia Hinde. The comprehensive spending review brought a smile to the faces of scientists the country...
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Sources for research funding
Each fortnight this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk British Council Hungary http://www.britcoun. org/hungary OMFB...
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Triumphant Mason urges NAO rethink
Stan Mason, sacked a year ago as principal of Glasgow Caledonian University, has urged the National Audit Office to reconsider its report on misconduct at the university after winning his case for...
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Research budget decided
Agreement has finally been reached on the size of Europe's future research programme with a Fifth Framework budget of Ecu 14.96 billion (Pounds 10.5 billion) agreed at a European conciliation meeting...
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Star Turn
Olga Wojtas watches Strathclyde's quizmasterin action with a group of mechanical engineers. There is something of the quiz show about Jim Boyle's lectures. Each student holds a gadget resembling a...
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The THES Diary
Union dues Financial difficulties at the Association of University Teachers have brought out the good Samaritan in fellow lecturers' union Natfhe, itself no stranger to cash-flow problems. A Pounds...
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Degree in tourism
Bournemouth University is to develop a degree in international tourism and hospitality management with the Blue Mountains Hotel School in Australia. The two signed an agreement last week. Bournemouth...
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Battle cry
I read "Battle of the dons of war" (THES, October 30) with interest. But, given its theme, wouldn't it have been more appropriate to illustrate the article with British, rather than United States,...