Cautionary advice
Two articles have suggested that higher education institutions are failing to provide an early indication of admissions policies in respect of the new 16-19 curriculum ("Schools ask for a clearer...
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Crime and punishment in Middle England
The grip of the hang 'em, flog 'em brigade on the twitching net curtains of Middle England is loosening. Although it may never have been so tight in the first place, according to research by a team...
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Age-old proof
May I add a comment in support of Sir David Weatherall's review of James Le Fanu's Rise and Fall of Modern Medicine ("Pasteur is good, but don't forget pastor too", THES, October 8)? In 25...
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A Cambodian mother waits to see a doctor
(Photograph) - A Cambodian mother waits to see a doctor, May 1998, at a refugee camp near Huay Samran, Thailand. Fighting between Cambodian forces seeking to wipe out the last remaining stronghold of...
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Wellcome pioneers
In some regions, a little funding can make a big difference. Julia Hinde reports on two units in Asia doing ground-breaking work The Wellcome Trust may be Britain's largest and most influential...
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An advance warning system for allergies
Southampton has set up a unit to tackle allergies triggered by medical drugs. Geoff Watts reports Allergy is one of nature's little teases: unpredictable, unproductive and, with strawberries and...
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Pollution may interrupt reefs' rhythm method ...
Oestrogen pollutants in human sewage may be partially responsible for the decline of the world's coral reefs by interfering with their sexual rhythm. Researchers have found evidence that the...
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And give female fish a sexual identity crisis
Female fish are being masculinised by gender-bending pollutants in rivers. The effect, which has been largely overlooked by scientists, seems to be a mirror image of the more commonly recorded...
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Cutting edge
Cooperation between states and international businesses is necessary to create trust in the security of the internet International relations and strategic studies face a dilemma over how to deal with...
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I'm not just a pretty face!
Neanderthal man needed a brain to make tools. So why did he not move on from his daily grind? Geoff Watts meets an archaeologist who is trying to find out Another day, another axe. A quick search for...
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French law releases creative public scientists from the lab
Lionel Jospin's government is encouraging innovation by allowing collaborations between state scientists and industry and providing millions of francs. Jane Marshall reports France's new law to make...
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Ruling gives boost to research into teaching
The rules governing the next research assessment exercise are to be changed to allow academics interested in research into teaching to submit their work on an equal footing with other researchers....
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Australian reforms rejected
MELBOURNE. David Kemp has just suffered one of the worst humiliations ever experienced by an Australian education minister. And it was at the hands of his prime minister and cabinet colleagues....
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Cash for Scottish ideas
Henry McLeish, Scotland's minister for enterprise and lifelong learning, yesterday urged Scottish universities and research institutes to bid for Pounds 11 million of new funding to commercialise...
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Pounds 3.5 million for arts centres
The Arts and Humanities Re-earch Board is setting up research centres across the United Kingdom, kicking off with up to 15 in 2000-01. Michael Jubb, director of the AHRB, said the move will help to...