New tests, old results
IQ tests will not help get more working-class kids into university, argues Ken Richardson. Scholastic aptitude tests, used for more than 80 years in the United States to assess the ability of high-...
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Readers' reactions
Gail Kinman reported that 70 per cent of lecturers found their jobs stressful I can genuinely say that there are simply not enough hours in the day to do what I want to do. Trying to meet the demands...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago, Dale Spender said institutions should forge global partnerships to deliver e-courses The need for universities to forge global partnerships with private business is essential in...
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Irish find room for racism
Racism is a significant problem in Northern Ireland, the most comprehensive independent study of local attitudes to race has discovered, writes Olga Wojtas. Researchers Paul Connolly and Michaela...
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World's tiniest vacuum
Now there really is nowhere for dirt to hide. Scientists have created the world's smallest cleaning tool to remove the slightest imperfection on a microchip or tidy up flaws in DNA structures, writes...
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Cutting edge
A team of scientists in Birmingham is using gene therapy to target cells and treat inherited disorders and killer diseases. Gene therapy is a new therapeutic approach that offers great promise for...
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Listening to the river
The Medical Research Council's Max Perutz Essay Prize 2000 attracted 39 entries from young scientists eager to explain their work to a wide audience.The competition, held to encourage and recognise...
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Spotty fish may hold man's key
Jane Marshall concludes our focus on France with reports on the genome project mapping project. A garden weed, a small spotted fish and the number 14 have something in common: they are vital...
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Jerusalem
Arab students demonstrated against the government last week at the Hebrew University and at Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion universities, in sympathy with their colleagues at Haifa University, who have been...
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Athens
Greece's new education secretary, Petros Efthymiou, has called on the academic community to enter an open dialogue to find solutions for the problems besetting Greek higher education.
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Padua
The university of Padua is leading Italy's universities in an online project, Thesis, aimed at eliminating plagiarism of theses by both students and professors. The universities of Bologna, Siena,...
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Stone wall
(Photograph) - Bolivian university students armed with slingshots clash with police in La Paz in five days of protests that led to the declaration of a state of emergency and suspension of...
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Scrutiny agency bullishly defended
The universities' quality watchdog has mounted a robust defence of the Quality Assurance Agency, telling MPs that the agency's critics are mostly "elitists", writes Phil Baty. In a pre-emptive strike...
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Student shortage leads to job cuts
Napier University fears it will lose up to Pounds 3 million in the coming year because of problems in student recruitment and retention, writes Olga Wojtas. It is aiming to shed 55 of its 1,800 posts...
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Greased lightning
(Photograph) - Students and staff at Glasgow Caledonian University are developing a biodiesel car that runs on sunflower oil, or even chip shop oil. They displayed a working model at the Edinburgh...