Time to treat the arts as a full partner in UK plc
There has been much hand-wringing over careers for scientists. Now it's the humanities' turn, writes Bob Bennett. Do the brightest minds want to undertake PhDs in the arts, humanities and social...
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Agony Aunt: change behaviour by changing assessment requirements
A. Since the advent of modularisation, students have gone assessment crazy and tend to refuse to do anything for which they do not receive a grade. Therefore, the best way to change student behaviour...
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How to turn thrifty lectures into rich jazz recitals
That shifty-looking lecturer in front of a large audience of students is just bursting to improvise and entertain, says John Shaw. What can we do to rescue the lecture? The lecture is an uneasy...
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The power of personality
Will the government's plan to require further education tutors to have a teaching certificate raise standards? Jane Ayres is sceptical. The government's resolve to introduce compulsory teaching...
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Star Turn: Peter Barham
Microwaving balloons? It must be a lecture on polymer physics. David Mosford talks to an embarrassment-proof lecturer who loves penguins. Peter Barham believes there is more to life than polymer...
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Cutting Edge: Robert Elson
About 30 years ago, I became a member of the department of biostatistics of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There I joined an interdepartmental programme in genetics and spent my...
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Take it to the street
Ray Jones wants to ensure social workers share research, says Claire Sanders. In November, Ray Jones will leave his post as director of social services at Wiltshire County Council to become chief...
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Bangor scientists sail on between big and small fry
Marine scientists can keep exploring a crucial niche thanks to a new, unique ship, says Tony Tysome. Marine scientists at the University of Wales, Bangor, are enjoying the benefits of a £4.8 million...
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Stars behind the bubble
A cluster of stars that lived fast and died young may have let loose a fusillade of supernova explosions as the cluster drifted through the Sun's galactic neighbourhood 5 million to 6 million years...
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Monkey gets green gene
Scientists are a step closer to creating a truly transgenic primate after successfully inserting a functional green fluorescent jellyfish "reporter gene" into rhesus macaque embryos. The genes...
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Physics finds a new force
Physicists have proposed a new kind of force that acts between empty spaces. The effect has yet to be tested experimentally, but it is thought it may be felt on a molecular scale. Aurel Bulgac, a...
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Commonwealth told fees block mobility
A confidential document circulated to Commonwealth leaders in advance of next month's heads of government conference in Brisbane recognises that tuition fees represent a barrier to mobility across...
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Edexcel under fire over exam confusion
Edexcel, the largest awarding body for post-16 vocational qualifications, came under pressure from colleges this week to overhaul the weak management that left exam results in chaos this year. The...
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Hodge makes promise to get tough on bogus degrees
Higher education minister Margaret Hodge has announced a clampdown on bogus degree scams, warning that "organisations claiming to be universities are ripping off thousands of students around the...
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Scientist is shunned as cloning row rages
An international fertility conference and the association behind it are in disarray amid protests against Severino Antinori, the scientist who wants to clone a human being. The Italian embryologist...