Cutting Edge: David Williams
When I started to work on reconstructing the body, well over 30 years ago, I had one objective: to find the most inert synthetic substances that could restore some bodily function without doing any...
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How chemical manipulation can undo the Pavlovian responses that dog human nature
What links addiction, gambling, bungee-jumping and Parkinson's disease? Geoff Watts reports The brain chemical dopamine, a neurotransmitter or chemical messenger, is best known for its role in...
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Medics see red over bad blood
Controversial trials of a treatment that could help Aids sufferers unable to afford drugs are being held up by arguments over the science and ethics. Steve Farrar and Karen MacGregor, in South Africa...
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Agony aunt
Q: The passivity of our first-year students in lectures has come under criticism this year. What can we do to liven things up? A: You are not alone. The passivity of students, especially in big,...
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Teachers' pet plans win prizes
At next week's teaching fellowship awards, Britain's best lecturers will get £50,000 to pursue cherished projects, writes Pat Leon If Margaret Hodge accepts the invitation, next Tuesday she will...
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Star Turn: Jill Edmonson
'You can make a difference in people's lives' this podiatry teacher tells her students. She is a living example, says Esther Leach "Group hug, group hug," someone calls out as Jill Edmondson brings...
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Aids therapy ignites row
Plans to trial a controversial Aids therapy in South Africa have sparked a bitter row between Cambridge University scientists. Abraham Karpas, a virologist and the first British researcher to isolate...
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Legal detail delays e-learning enterprise
Wrangling over the legal details of a £70 million partnership between commercial interests and the e-university has delayed the venture by at least a month. Private companies are being asked to...
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Fury as US sport fails to toe line
Boston University heads need to regain control over campus athletics, a commission has urged. The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics issued its call exactly ten years after a...
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NUS faces split over cash crisis
The National Union of Students could lose millions in the next three years unless it takes drastic action. It risks accumulating losses of more than £1.5 million by 2003-04, an internal report...
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Next week
NEWS: How rich is your university? First of a two-part investigation that identifies the fat cats FEATURES: Private versus public: how the private sector is influencing higher education in Europe...
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For the record
Asbestos scare for Warwick University Warwick University had an asbestos scare when builders discovered the dangerous fibres in its physics building. Tests showed asbestos was present, although there...
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PhDs say no to poor prospects
It is getting harder to recruit doctoral students and three years of funding is not enough, according to PhD supervisors. Almost half of those who responded to a Wellcome Trust survey said that it...
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Union discontent may surface in rebellion over loans and fees
Growing union frustration with the government's public sector policies may manifest itself in a Labour Party conference mutiny over university tuition fees and student loans. Some of the country's...
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Salad days
Scientists from the University of Southampton's School of Biological Sciences examine lettuces at a farm near Winchester to determine the best time for picking. They are camping out and harvesting...