As Bethlehem University recovers from its first Israeli occupation, Kenneth Cardwell dreams of a better future. It was at 2.30am that Israeli armoured units broke into Bethlehem University's compound...
V-cs should be creatures with moral authority and a heart - good old-fashioned stewards, says Gill Evans In last week's THES, Ian Gibson MP described academics and vice-chancellors respectively as "...
The facts and figures make it clear that investment in education is now imperative, argues Francis Green In a break with tradition, chancellor Gordon Brown has announced in advance of the budget that...
Bill Durodie Research student in political science New College, Oxford Last month I attended the first National Forum for Science organised by the Royal Society under the rubric "Do we trust today's...
Figures show boom in mature applicants The number of people applying for a university or college place is up 1.5 per cent on last year, according to data released today by the Universities and...
Continuing our series of Big Science Questions, Chris Bunting asks what makes people violent, while Dolf Zillmann (bottom) reviews the role of brain structures. A solitary matador and a half-crazed...
Analysis of aggression among animals reveals a basic set of conditions under which more or less all species, especially those towards the upper end of the evolutionary scale, resort to inflicting...
Lis Howell had a lot to learn when she went from a career in the media to lecturing in journalism, and her management experience did little to prepare her. It was a closing door that brought it home...
Autism appears to be on the increase, but the condition's cause is still a mystery. Among the current suspects, reports Adrian Mourby, are diet, genes and vaccines. The recent controversy over a...
I know that my University of York colleagues regard my trip as the academic wheeze of all time. Round-the-world, ten countries, cruising conditions etc, etc. All true. But - and I expect no sympathy...
Well, I wasn't alone, and it should really have been an evening, but you know old Fidel. We were told 24 hours earlier that the Commandante would see us the next evening: a spontaneous gesture that...
Liz Doig reports on a scheme that offers a semester of study while travelling from the Bahamas to Japan. It might sound like a breeze but James Walvin (below and right) explains why it is not all...
The violent labour pains that accompany star birth have been revealed by a supercomputer study, writes Steve Farrar. In a cosmic feeding frenzy, nascent stars appear to battle with each other to...
The workings of life are bound up in the intricate folds of the long-chain polymers known as proteins. Yet science has been unable to predict how each one should shape up, writes Steve Farrar. Now a...
Social scientists with specialist knowledge of 'dangerous' peoples are increasingly valuable in the fight against terrorism, but is it ethical to spy on your subjects? Chris Bunting reports In...