Scientist cleared in treason trial
A scientist accused of selling space secrets to China has been cleared during the first jury trial in a treason case in Russia. Valentin Danilov, 53, head of thermophysics at Krasnoyarsk Technical...
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UK creative community takes it to another level
The elevation of the AHRB to the status of research council will benefit everyone, argues Geoffrey Crossick So much controversy has swirled around the higher education bill that it may come as a...
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Martin Ince
It is clear from recent issues of this newspaper that unpaid recognition by the British establishment, in the form of honours from Her Majesty, has lost none of its appeal in the new century. Some of...
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Don's diary: Science of catching the light
Friday: 8pm We are back on board ship after opening up the British Antarctic Survey's summer base at Signy. I am taking time out from my astroplasma physics research to travel with the survey as an...
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A tasty rum and Coke
Congratulations to David Triesman, former head of the Association of University Teachers, who was last week appointed to the House of Lords. His old trade union colleagues at lecturers' union Natfhe...
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Knot to be expected
Wendy Alexander, who dramatically and unexpectedly resigned as Scotland's enterprise and lifelong learning minister in 2002, has lost none of her capacity to surprise. Friends and family turned up...
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Whodunit this time?
It's a big "well done" from the Diary to those academics appearing in the 2004 edition of Who's Who for the first time. The list includes professors Les Ebdon (Luton), Alison Richard (Cambridge),...
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A cat's educational tale
Finally, a heart-warming tale from the West Country. Plymouth College of Further Education has helped reunite a one-eyed black cat with its owners after a five-year absence. The cat, nicknamed One-...
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Why I ...believe scientists and politicians need to work together
Lord Winston proposed in last week's THES that scientists should not be too close to the government and that the public "should... have a major input into how scientific knowledge is generated and...
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This plan is all there is
Killing Labour's proposed tuition scheme could turn a crisis into a disaster, warns Chris Patten The debate about student tuition fees has blotted out discussion of where our higher education system...
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Is your park really sparking?
Do universities really benefit from science parks? Colin Lizieri assesses dubious assumptions Like the latest children's toy, science parks have become must-have developments for universities....
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Don't let a stifled yawn be your wake-up call
How do you inject life into an unresponsive seminar group? Susan Bassnett has some pertinent advice for the exasperated tutor Sooner or later we all come up against one of the most dispiriting events...
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Jobwatch: early signs of growth
Government plans to get children on the right educational track from a young age are creating new job opportunities as universities look to recruit experts in childhood studies. Pat Leon reports...
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Who got that job?
Dénes Szücs, 30 University Lecturer in Neuroscience and Education Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge £23,296 - £35,950 pa Job advertised in The THES , May 2 2003 A young Hungarian...
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Skills give students a spring in their step
A hunger for knowledge has opened doors for aspiring learners in York with few or no qualifications, say Leila Roberts and Linda Pritchard. Can you take students, many without any qualifications,...