Jonathan Bradshaw, professor of social policy at the University of York, is researching the outcomes of child poverty for the Economic and Social Research Council. After a disappointing start, the...
A third of UK university campuses ban smoking. Martin Ball attacks the anti-smoking Hitlers Imagine a world where one in three of the population is vilified for a lifestyle, forced to skulk in...
Millions of migrating birds are dying every year in collisions with communications towers and buildings. Experts discussed the possible extent of this annual mass killing - which has worsened in...
Why might a research station that has won annual grants of Pounds 5m be closed? Natasha Loder reports Earlier this summer a quiet catastrophe unfolded in the village of Long Ashton, on the outskirts...
A government initiative to improve relations between treasure seekers and researchers has been running for two years. Now, writes Steve Farrar, this alliance is starting to rewrite history The Danes...
Prestigious Nasa space missions, some involving British scientists, are in jeopardy as United States politicians row over their public- spending budget. The extent of the proposed cutbacks, which...
United Kingdom scientists have drawn up lists of new technologies they predict will be needed to push back the frontiers of knowledge in the next few decades, writes Steve Farrar. In an initiative...
Students arriving at Coventry University this week were taking part in the biggest experiment in electronic learning in higher education when they were offered free access to an interactive web site...
An international appeal to establish a chair in Commonwealth studies at London University has opened with a pledge from the new Nigerian government. Nigeria's council of ministers has agreed to...
Further education colleges offering at least one full-time Higher National Diploma are being invited to join the UCAS. The decision to admit these colleges was made at the Universities and Colleges...
Education and employment secretary David Blunkett told the Labour Party conference this week that the Learning and Skills Council replacing the Further Education Funding Council and the training and...
The government has sounded the "death knell" for elitism in higher education with plans to expand participation, partly through a new two-year associate degree. Ministers and the higher education...
Scottish universities have beaten their English counterparts into fifth place in a league table redrawn by Scottish researchers in the wake of perceived injustice. The Scots believe that league...
Q) My new students seem to write down every word that I say during lectures. Should I discourage this as I cannot believe it is productive for them? Liz Beatty Director of the centre for higher...
Q) My new students seem to write down every word that I say during lectures. Should I discourage this as I cannot believe it is productive for them? Sally Brown Director of membership services...