New view of universe revealed by X-ray
The European Space Agency this week released the first images of the universe to be produced by its X-ray multi-mirror observatory. Martin Turner of Leicester University, lead scientist in the team...
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Confidence boost
(Photograph) - Confidence boost: despite 'exercising satisfactory stewardship over academic quality and standards', Liverpool University must make improvements in 14 areas before full confidence can...
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Cain and able
The evidence Judith Mitchell adduces for her new Cain theo- ry ("Brother Cain, sister Jane", THES, February 4) demonstrates little more than that psychoanalysts can always find "corroborations" for...
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Quest for equality
A new review may give poorer Northern Irish students more cash, says minister Sean Farren It has been a hugely eventful week in Northern Ireland and the political situation has again made headlines...
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UK considers national gene database
Government, scientists and industrialists are discussing the creation of a national genetic database for the United Kingdom. Experts, including George Poste, who last month retired as chief science...
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HE prepares for sub-degree qualifications
Higher education faces major change as it prepares for a new tier of sub-degree qualifications. Education secretary David Blunkett is due to announce details of the government's proposals for two-...
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Wellcome Trust set to expand genome centre
The Wellcome Trust is close to striking a deal with South Cambridgeshire District Council that would allow it to expand its genome research centre. Planning application for a 40,000m2, Pounds 100...
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Revised curriculum must be addressed
Universities and schools need to address issues raised by the revised sixth-form curriculum, secondary heads have warned. Richard Fawcett, vice-president of the Secondary Heads Association, told the...
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Westminter staff miss out on up to Pounds 3,000
Average academic salaries at Westminster University are up to Pounds 3,000 lower than at other new universities in London, according to a union analysis. Lecturers' union Natfhe found that the...
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Bad breeding
Bad breeding: June Morris, senior lecturer in biological sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, who has studied primitive sheep breeds, believes selective commercial breeding means the...
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A sliding share of a global game
The UK has suffered its real drop in overseas recruitment. Phil Baty counts the numbers and surveys efforts to halt the fall. An 11 per cent slump in overseas student recruitment by British...
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Audit committee calls for Scottish FE review
n The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has called for a "root and branch" review of Scotland's further education colleges to tackle the sector's financial difficulties. The committee wants...
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Cambridge, Massachussetts
Harvard University has raised a record $2.6 billion for teaching and research, 25 per cent more than the goal of its five-year campaign, and by far the largest amount ever raised for higher education.
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Media's portrayal of women updated
British academics have helped to update a 1995 media monitoring study, which found that women were primarily represented in the world's media in domestic roles or as victims of crime. Volunteers from...
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Woodhead report outlines weaknesses
Weaknesses in teacher-training provision have been highlighted by the chief inspector of schools in his annual report. Chris Woodhead said in a review of teacher training for secondary education that...