Definition of merit may aid fair access
The meaning of merit will play an essential role in the proposals for a fair university admissions system put forward by the government task force headed by Steven Schwartz, vice-chancellor of Brunel...
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Appointments
* Sheila Drury, chair of the North Wales Regional Committee, has been appointed chair of the National Council of Education and Learning Wales. * Judith Rowley will take over as president of the...
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Swell performance
The UK is storming ahead in the expansion stakes, but the competition is still fierce, warns the OECD. David Jobbins reports The UK's university expansion has been among the fastest in the...
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Nordic belt challenges big three
As more students travel abroad to study, their destinations are becoming less predictable, reports David Jobbins The collapse of last week's trade talks in Cancun seems unlikely to halt higher...
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If the Prozac doesn't work...
...don't lose hope. A new generation of tailor-made antidepressants is being developed using cutting-edge genetics, writes Samuel Barondes Philip became severely depressed after losing his girlfriend...
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Big Qs in History: Too little wind, too much hot air
How does geography affect events? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto argues that we can't make sense of human history without considering its contexts, such as climates and our animal nature By the standards...
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My summr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2NY 2C my bro, his GF &
In submitting this in an essay on how she spent her holidays, a teenager sparked a furore about literacy. But does texting really harm language and learning? asks Michael North The text in the...
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Is this written in text or just bad spelling?
Schoolchildren are not the only ones to use text in essays. As Jason Garner testifies, students often resort to finishing their exams with it - bad news for the old farts who must mark them Essay...
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Abertay's digital daring keeps it on top of game
Kicking off a series on how concentration of funding threatens innovative research, Olga Wojtas reports on a world-class Scottish entrepreneurial computer software unit "Ever wondered what would...
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No grey areas in a green's world
Some researchers fear that the environmental lobby is turning away from scientific balance to push an anti-capitalist agenda by 'scaring the hell out' of people. Chris Bunting investigates Stephen...
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Culture and politics in a global cooking pot
Agri-Culture - Safe Food
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Subtle origins of Indo-China
Angkor and the Khmer Civilization
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The Cantabrigian tales
The Cambridge History of Science, Volume 5 - Masters of Theory
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from the memoirs of a living statesman: "Apart from life, a strong constitution and an abiding connection...
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Mad reveries find notoriety in limbo
Strange Matters