Autonomy row hits LSE as sponsor axes research
A row over the commercialisation of university research and academic freedom has erupted at the London School of Economics following the decision of a major research sponsor to prematurely pull the...
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Twists in fibres of trade
Industrial Crisis and the Open Economy
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Read between the lines for a lesson in consumer coercion
Harry Potter may be one step ahead of the evil Voldemort, but the marketeers had his number long ago, warns June Cummins. "How do you achieve global commercial domination and not lose your soul?" -...
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Excusez-moi, etes vous un terroriste?
In the US, national language competence is being fast-tracked post September11. But here, we're planning to let pupils drop foreign language learning at 14. This linguistic complacency is dangerous...
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Wake up and smell the (fair trade) coffee, Mr President
Globalisation has much to offer our society, argues Grazia Ietto-Gillies, but it requires responsible governance if we are to reverse the trends of third-world exploitation and environmental damage...
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V-cs: London costs a deterrent
Vice-chancellors at London universities have told London mayor Ken Livingstone that exorbitant housing costs and a failing transport system are threatening the future of their institutions. The...
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Centre sets sights on tycoons of future
The Southampton Institute's business school has used government funding to regroup its small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship work into a new centre to act as a focus for small...
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Henry V leads businessmen unto the breach
A CEO in search of excellence should avoid the insipid management books in airport bookstores and turn to Shakespeare - so Richard Olivier believes. Huw Richards reports. " We few, we happy few, we...
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Commissioner Philippe Busquin welcomes Prime Ministers Blair and Kok's call for increased business investment in R&D
Brussels, 21 February 2002 In a letter to José Maria Aznar, President of the European Council, Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Wim Kok have called for determined action by the EU and its Member States...
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Currency before exchange
UK universities prefer fee-paying students to European ones. Anne Corbett laments our policy on mobility. Is it an idea whose time has come - that British students catch up with their continental...
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Bosses take token line on training
Employers are tokenistic about lifelong learning and are turning the idea of "employability" into little more than a "hackneyed catchphrase", according to an Institute of Employment Studies report....
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Reflection on a future eEurope Action Plan proposed by the Spanish Presidency of the EU
Brussels, 15 February 2002 This questionnaire has been sent to the ministers of Science and Technology that will attend the informal meeting in Vitoria, Spain (22/02/2002) 15/02/2002 QUESTIONNAIRE...
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Man is messing up the climate so let's act now
Floods are proof enough that the UK must respond to its change in weather, says Merylyn McKenzie Hedger. At a recent forum on the south coast, the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) and others...
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The EU has a key role to play in space, says Growth programme Director
Brussels, 26 February 2002 Knowledge, market exploitation and influence are the three reasons why the EU must now have a space policy, Jack Metthey, the recently appointed Director for the '...
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What works in the work place?
Theory of Employment Systems