THES/OUP science writing competition
Daniel Davis's £2,000 first prize for this year's THES/OUP science writing competition is accompanied by the Oxford English Dictionary on CD-Rom. Second prize went to David Thomas of the University...
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Cruel and calculating, but it's your best friend
Daniel Davis of Imperial College, London, won this year's Pounds 2,000 THES/Oxford University Press Science Writing Prize with this account of how the body's natural killer cells work "There is...
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Stemming diseases
Foetal cells hold great promise. John Sinden explains an embryonic science Stem cells are big news. Since the chief medical officer's report recommended that donated human embryos could be used as a...
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Turning science fiction into fact
Reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, September 6-12, Edward James says sci-fi is science's inspiration Science fiction was defined by one of its most famous...
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Course offers a second chance
Simon Hindle did not really want to do his A levels first time round, so he was not particularly surprised when he failed all three. Being pushed by his parents to do resits was even worse and he...
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Far East opts for UK study
The number of students from outside the European Union planning to take up places at United Kingdom universities is up by 6.2 per cent on last year, according to figures released this week. The rise...
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Vice-chancellor's comments on under-qualified students
A vice-chancellor said this week he would rather "leave some courses unviable" than admit under-qualified students. Lowering entry requirements to fill places would be storing trouble, said Philip...
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Vatican tells truth-seekers to keep the faith
Billed as the greatest-ever international higher education event, the Vatican's "university jubilee" began in Rome this week, the day before the publication of an uncompromising document, under the...
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The devil in disguise
While paying lip-service to anti-elitism, a 'new elite' is cashing in on a population of cultural semi-literates, argues George Walden In education as elsewhere, elites are fast becoming the enemy...
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Why I ... believe people are becoming more interested in studying death
Judith Wester Postgraduate researcher Lancaster University The study of death at an academic level has been taking place for more than 40 years, but is now emerging into a new subject area. Women's...
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Smile please
(Photograph) - Vet Kirsty Pickles polishes the teeth of Storm, a patient at William Dick Large Animal Hospital near Edinburgh, which opened last week. Photograph by Atom.
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Elaine Thomas
Elaine Thomas has been chief executive of Surrey Institute of Art and Design since January 2000, not 2001 as reported last week.
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On the move
David Triesman, general secretary of the Association of University Teachers, has been appointed to the Cabinet Office Better Regulation Task Force. Kate Heasman, ex-president of lecturers' union...
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Privatisation: v-cs think the unthinkable
Voluntary privatisation of universities and deregulated tuition fees are among options for radical changes in higher education funding to be considered by vice-chancellors next week. A call for the...
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Unions welcome applications overhaul
Unions have given a cautious thumbs-up to proposals for a post-qualification university application system. The Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe are optimistic about...