Haunted by history
(Photograph) - A caricature of Claude Allegre looks down on an occupation of the Sorbonne 30 years after les evenements de mai rocked France. The protesters were students and lecturers from the...
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A sector seeking a region
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links When Maxwell Irvine arrived at...
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At booming De Montfort 'we offer something for everyone'
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links De Montfort is not an easy place to...
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In search of equal air time
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links Academics at Warwick University...
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Europe split over selection
DIFFERENCES between north and south European education systems are hampering attempts to develop joint lifelong learning policies, according to London Institute of Education research. A paper to be...
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Sex rules attitudes to school
SECONDARY school girls are more career-minded and more likely to be planning to go on to higher education than boys, new research suggests. They spend more time on homework and less time watching...
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Aspirin on trial
A trial into the effects of aspirin on people at risk from heart disease or strokes is under way in Lanarkshire, which has the highest death rate from heart disease in Scotland. Edinburgh University'...
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Pipers call the tune
PHYSICISTS at Edinburgh University are working to improve the quality of mass-produced musical wind instruments to make British manufacturers more competitive. Backed by the Engineering and Physical...
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Hunt for cereal killer
THE SEARCH for genes that make cereals and grasses resistant to diseases is under way at the John Innes Centre in Norwich as part of a Pounds 1.5 million European project. The JIC team will compare...
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$7.75m help for Asians
An American family foundation has stepped forward to bankroll a multi-million dollar emergency loan programme to help Asian students through their countries' economic crises. The Freeman Foundation,...
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Campus protests at backing for general
Nigerian students have defied a "shoot-to-kill" warning from police and protested at the support of the country's five registered political parties for General Sani Abacha as the sole presidential...
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On your marks as computer takes over
PROFESSORS at two United States universities say after ten years of research they have perfected technology that can accurately evaluate student essays. The Intelligent Essay Assessor uses...
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No chances
City University professor Norman Fenton and two colleagues have started a consultancy company specialising in risk management for business-critical and safety-critical systems. Agena helps clients to...
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Finance close to heart of drug research
MEDICAL researchers in Canada have found a strong association with authors' published positions on the safety of a specific drug and their financial relationships with pharmaceutical manufacturers. A...
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Engineers claim Italy broke rule on jobs
ITALY is once again incurring European wrath over its recalcitrance in offering jobs to engineers qualified in other EU countries within the four months' time limit laid down in EU rules. Two German...