Gender views underlie social ills, Oakley says
Popular views of the roles and relationships of men and women underlie many social problems, said Ann Oakley, director of the social science research unit at London University's Institute of...
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Sussex forum debates professor's racist view
A forum was held at the University of Sussex yesterday on issues of academic freedom, academic power and equality of students after Geoffrey Sampson, a professor of natural language processing,...
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Mallett's a real hit
The latest issue of the University of Warwick's newsletter, CommUnicate , contains an appeal for an alternative to traditional university social life "organised by female members who, from their age...
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Royal Society medals
Congratulations to the latest crop of Royal Society medal winners: John Pople has received the Copley Medal for development of computational methods in quantum chemistry; David King has been awarded...
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In the news: David Westbury
Academics today have to be much more professional than in the past, says David Westbury, pro vice-chancellor of Birmingham University, who chaired the transparency review and whose experience of...
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Don's diary: protecting gay youth
Monday After my lecture last week in Liverpool on lesbian and gay youth development and how it affects families and schools, I spend the morning playing catch-up with correspondence. I am a little...
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Universities and the NHS forge a healthy alliance
It is time to strengthen the strategic links between higher education and healthcare, argues Howard Newby There has never been a more important time for higher education and the National Health...
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Call for national policy on online learning
The government should ensure that the nascent e-University and institutions offering online learning adopt "networked" e-learning that focuses on communication and interaction between students and...
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Second shot at cup
David Beckham's team are not England's only football hope in the Far East. Plymouth University is flying the flag in the 2002 Robot Football World Cup, which began in Seoul yesterday. Mark Norman,...
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Scrubbing up well?
Eric Thomas, vice-chancellor of the University of Bristol, last week spent 90 minutes shadowing a cleaner to promote adult learners week. Surely the cleaner should have been shadowing the vice-...
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Untamed truth
The battle between a Victorian author and his publisher over a novel about female medical students is revealed in a book by academic David Finkelstein. Dr Finkelstein, head of the media and...
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Next week
News Spin to win? Are university spin-offs the answer to cash problems? Features What does the monarchy mean to you? Academics from Afghanistan to Jordan and the UK give their views. Glenn Murcutt in...
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Scots seek strategy to join the RAE elite
Scottish ministers need to look at their strategy linking research to economic development in the wake of Scotland's absence from the research elite in the latest research assessment exercise. This...
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Grant for AHRB fellows rises to match salaries
Researchers in the creative and performing arts will be able to apply for the cost of their full salary following a review of the Arts and Humanities Research Board fellowship scheme. The three-year...
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Aberdeen lends home to Scots Parliament
Aberdeen University will next week make history by housing the Scottish Parliament. The 129 MSPs are moving north to Aberdeen's King's College conference centre to allow their Edinburgh premises to...