Science reigns in Spain
Biomedicine is the big attraction at the country's first science park, reports Rebecca Warden. Spain's first science park is aiming high. "The idea is to make Barcelona the great biomedicine pole of...
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Cutting edge: Nick Birch
While insect-resistant GM crops save on pesticides, one test plant also hit ladybirds down the food chain. Case-by-case assessment is the solution. As an entomologist and ecologist, I am acutely...
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Hikers drive Scots deer from grazing grounds
Satellite monitoring has revealed the five-day week of the red deer of Glen Lui and the extent of their weekend struggle with hikers. Four stags from a herd that roams the Scottish highland estate of...
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Roman fort shows fear of rebellious Midlands
History may have forgotten their stand but archaeologists are revealing hints of the Midlands' stubborn resistance to the armies of Rome. The great size and fearsome defences of a hitherto unknown...
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How to spot hidden talent
Pat Leon visits Aberystwyth, where students turn their job and study skills into ten-minute skits. Aberystwyth is not on the road to anywhere. It sits in the middle of Cardigan Bay looking seaward,...
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Whistleblowers: Equality claim disputed
Equality claim disputed Many staff in a sector notorious for its record on disability employment issues will be keen to congratulate the College of Ripon and York St John. It was awarded a...
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Rector plans to unburden dons
Imperial College, London, must decide whether to expunge 150 years of history when it restructures into four faculties next year. The new structure aims to promote interdisciplinary teaching and...
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Brum duo calls it a day over merger
Aston University has abandoned plans to merge with Birmingham University, after Aston academics warned that the merger process was causing "planning blight". Members of Aston's council, who met last...
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Scots AUT issues warning over job loss threat
Edinburgh University's local Association of University Teachers has condemned "disgraceful" proposals for job-loss compensation under a restructuring scheme. Edinburgh, which was facing a £12 million...
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Analysis: Worthy project or just a game?
The TQA cost more than £100m and lasted ten years. Phil Baty draws on exclusive research compiled by The THES and asks: was it worth it? The ten-year project to judge the quality of teaching in every...
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Don's Diary
Monday March is the end of the academic year in Japan, so I begin the last week of my fieldwork. Clear out of the apartment, which has been home since last April. Wonder if my accumulated memorabilia...
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Glittering prizes
The University of Cambridge will award honorary degrees to: Sydney Brenner , director of the Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley, and former director of the Medical Research Council's laboratory...
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In the news: Tom Kirkwood
This year's Reith lecturer, Tom Kirkwood, is Britain's foremost expert on how and why we grow old. Professor Kirkwood, 49, is a fan of interdisciplinary research. He started life as a mathematician,...
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Motional maturity
The sense of fun at the National Union of Students conference in Blackpool this week was, at one point, imperilled when the National Executive Committee voted "to work as a united force for change...
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Business is blooming
At last, some good news from the foot-and-mouth crisis. Dundee University's botanic garden has reported a 70 per cent rise in the number of visitors since the outbreak began. Curator Alastair Hood...