HIV-Aids link irrefutable
Your interview with Kary Mullis demonstrates how little has been learned by British journalists about Aids in the past decade ("Cresting controversy", THES, April 23). The clinical association...
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Bonkers and rankers
I have only just seen your startling headline proclaiming that "'Bonkers' job index irks v-cs" (THES, April 23). Shame on v-cs for being so narrow-minded. In this age of ubiquitous league tables, I...
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Animals in research
Your article reporting the complaints of pro-vivisection societies and industries proclaims that "Science faces troubled future" (THES, April 30). But the prospect of a more open ethical debate on...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
There appears to be some confusion on whether or not student representatives are in favour of tuition fees (Soapbox, THES, May 14). No one disagrees that the abolition of tuition fees is not the only...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
Tuition fees are a disgraceful attack on the principles of free state education and blathering on about how hard up our universities are misses the point ("Abolishing fees in Scotland will add to...
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Scots student reps oppose fees
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have made a curious choice of the issue of opposition to tuition fees as the centrepiece of their coalition negotiations. The Liberal Democratic Party is committed to...
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The correct way to show and tell
Scientists should shun the media until their research has been peer reviewed, argue Brian Heap and Peter Collins. What do you do if, as a research scientist, you make a discovery that you know will...
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Bright idea
(Photograph) - Bright idea: Patricia Cooper, Emma Burkitt and Ian Walkowski are served tea by MP Austin Mitchell at The Ideas Place cafe in Grimsby. The cafe will provide work experience and training...
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Cambridge gains KuDOS
Research by cancer specialists at Cambridge University is to be commercialised via a Pounds 5 million start-up. Kam Patel reports A cancer treatment company has been launched by Cambridge University...
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Colleges failing to monitor students
Colleges have "much more to do" before the government can be confident that students are getting proper learning opportunities, further education funding chiefs have warned, writes Phil Baty. In a...
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Staff fear crises will worsen
Staff at the two worst failing colleges have criticised recovery plans, claiming the proposed action will unfairly penalise innocent staff and could exacerbate the crises, writes Phil Baty. As the...
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RSA condemns falling standards on design courses
Standards are "patchy" on many design courses and there is evidence of "confusion" over their objectives, according to judges for the Royal Society of Arts annual student design competition. In a...
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Pounds 5 million for Scottish University for Industry
Scottish Enterprise has unveiled a Pounds 160 million action plan to establish Scotland as a leading "learning nation", writes Olga Wojtas. The Scottish Enterprise Network aims to ensure that 60 per...
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A far cry from Florida
Four years ago American scientist Larry Hench came to work in London. Julia Hinde spoke to him about the pros and cons of life in the UK Moving to London was one of the best things American academic...
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Oh dear, what can the matter be?
A new experiment should help to give physics the answer to the age-old question of why matter exists. Alison Goddard reports Why does matter exist? The question has dogged physics for decades....