Clone ban 'disaster' for US
The reverse brain drain of researchers leaving the United States looks set to gather pace after the House of Representatives voted this week to ban all cloning of human embryos. The congressmen...
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Congress rethink on animal welfare laws alarms scientists
US scientists say animal welfare regulations under consideration by Congress could strangle medical research with red tape, writes Stephen Phillips. Plans to extend the US Animal Welfare Act (AWA) to...
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A-level in maths fails to impress
The lack of geometry in the new A and AS-level mathematics courses means students no longer have a suitable foundation for university science and engineering courses, according to a report published...
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Right formula
Andy Cartwright, a chemical and pharmaceutical sciences student at Sunderland University, has solved a problem that dogged experts at GlaxoSmithKline. He used the advanced analytical sciences...
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Scots take reins in e-science
British scientists took their first steps into a brave new computing world this week, following an award of £5.5 million to Edinburgh and Glasgow universities to set up a national e-science centre....
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No strings for Ken
Tory leader hopeful Ken Clarke's recent comments criticising the abolition of grants and the introduction of student tuition fees should come as no surprise. His penchant for beer, fags and...
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Taking a chance
The board of Channel Four directors that approved the Brass Eye "mocumentary" on paedophilia includes the master of Balliol College, Oxford, Andrew Graham, who was recently tipped as a possible...
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Blair urged to act now on student cash
Roderick Floud, president of Universities UK, has called on the government to review its student loans and tuition fees policy urgently. Professor Floud, who took over as president from Sir Howard...
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For the record
Drop in college enrolments Government figures published last week showed a 1.8 per cent fall in further education enrolments for 1999-2000 compared with the previous year. Some 705,300 students aged...
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Funding tied to rules on conduct
Renewed calls for a body to deal with allegations of scientific misconduct have been rebuffed by the Office of Science and Technology. The move came as the Wellcome Trust said that from October 2002...
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John Moores 'failed to act on' anti-Semitic vendetta
An anti-Semitic campaign against a prominent scholar at Liverpool John Moores University led to a bomb scare and an investigation by Special Branch, an employment tribunal heard this week. Oliver...
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NUS under attack as it overshoots campaigns budget by 233 per cent
Further evidence of massive overspending at the National Union of Students has come to light in documents seen by The THES . The discovery follows previous leaked papers that spoke of a "culture of...
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UUK head to bid for financial freedom
Universities are to campaign for greater freedom to spend public money as they see fit, the new president of Universities UK said this week. Roderick Floud, provost of London Guildhall University,...
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Foreign profile is a pricey business
A scheme marketing UK higher education to overseas students costs universities £15,000 each - but they are guaranteed only three extra recruits. Twenty institutions, including the universities of...
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Morris proposes a union with industry
Universities and further education colleges were this week invited to submit collaborative bids for technology institutes (NTIs) that come with £25 million in capital funds. The Higher Education...