Determined by degrees
A row about a book highlights the large gaps that exist between proponents and critics of genetic determinism Academics are deeply divided about intelligence research, especially the possibility of a...
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g whiz! IQ is a clver concept
What is intelligence and is it all inherited? Such questions lead many academics to fear IQ research.In a week when researchers from around the world met in London to debate the issue,Rosalind Arden...
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Female guide to shelf fulfilment
Where can you see Sally Gunnell's unitard, Emily Davison's train ticket, Darcy Bussell's shoes, and quite a few books? Anne Sebba reports on the first National Library of Women and its director,...
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98.4% human
Humans are so closely related to great apes that some scientists believe we should give them full legal rights and seek their consent before subjecting them to research. Ayala Ochert reports Panchee...
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On a Grecian yearn
In the first of an occasional series on the future of degree subjects, James Davidson says classics is enjoying a golden age of research - into sexuality, the body, food and even dance... A couple of...
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No research unless the chimp agrees
Roger Fouts met ten-month-old Washoe in 1967 when a PhD student in psychology. He was assigned to assist the young chimpanzee in becoming the first to learn a human language - American Sign Language...
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Does your campus measure up?
http:///www.niss.ac.uk/education/hefce/pub99/99_66.html Universities and colleges can measure how well they perform against benchmark figures forthe sector as a whole in areas including widening...
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New Delhi
Indian universities held a "Save Higher Education Day" last Monday to protest at government funding cuts. The Federation of Central Universities' Teaching Associations, which organised strikes and...
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But internationally Britannia still makes educational waves
British higher education is acclaimed by young professionals throughout the world and regarded as a good choice for study abroad and distance-learning courses, an international MORI survey has found...
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Fee cap will lower degree standards
Universities should be allowed to charge whatever level of tuition fees they believe the market will bear, according to a new report on the economics of higher education. The report, by the National...
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MPs join fight for better disabled access
MPs have called on the government to spend hundreds of millions of pounds over the next four years to make universities and colleges more accessible to disabled people, writes Alan Thomson. An...
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Oxford backs sport for all
Oxford University is reappraising its historical drive for sporting excellence in "old boys" areas such as rugby and rowing, in a move to lose its old-fashioned, elitist image. Resources will be...
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Lancaster tutor files grievance
The University of Lancaster has failed to prevent harassment of women staff and students by a group of unruly football players, according to senior tutor Caroline Giles. Ms Giles this week instigated...
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Cambridge gain unfair to rivals
Rival universities are uneasy about the government's decision to hand Cambridge University an exclusive grant to foster scientific enterprise. It is 50 times more than the average sum given to any...
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A question of principal
'The two most senior of Mr Douglas's posts were never advertised. Article seven of colleges' statutory instruments states that a vacancy for "a senior post shall be advertised nationally"'. Ministers...