Letter: Spammer in the works
When the Hotmail service I use received spam (porn or money-making schemes) from British academic addresses recently, I did not assume that the academic addresses added "credibility to messages" ("...
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Letter: Accreditation alarm
The news that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has reviewed the conditions under which it will grant accreditation and the subsequent withdrawal of support from 15 courses ("Surveying...
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Letter: Genocide definitions
Tzvetan Todorov's article ("A case of right over might", THES, February 9) and Alex Bellamy's letter (THES, February 16) concerning humanitarian intervention show a poor understanding of how genocide...
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Letter: Herts failure
Further to the redundancies and course closures at the University of Hertfordshire (Letters, THES, January 5; "Kroto protests cutbacks", THES, January 26), the situation regarding chemistry after...
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Leader: More to funding mission than central control
The Higher Education Funding Council for England's latest allocations show it at its most controlling. Its critics' fondness for terming it Gosplan after the Soviet planning ministry will not be...
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Leader: Science's next battle should be for the public
When it was founded by Charles II, the Royal Society was Britain's only learned society. Over time, it has turned into one of many organisations representing science and scientists and has been...
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Composing a perfect pitch
Can musical taste be analysed scientifically? Steve Farrar reports on how record companies are banking on science to seduce the public. A few haunting, liquid chimes of Gamelan music filled the...
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Fighting hate crime armed with a spreadsheet
With Stephen Lawrence's murder still reverberating, Betsy Stanko is beginning much-needed research with the Met police into reducing hate crime. She spoke to Mandy Garner. Betsy Stanko has a team of...
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Trust me, I'm a physician's asst.
Will patients be better served by clinical cross-overs in staff training? Mike Pittilo examines new NHS thinking. It is not a lack of money that is limiting the effectiveness of the National Health...
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How green is my chalet
A challenge to build a Welsh house of the future inspired an eco-design using local materials such as slate, horsehair and newspaper. Adrian Mourby had a peek. Wales has never had much claim to be...
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Records of displaced find a home on the net
Vital documents on refugee movements are being put on the web. Tony Durham reports. A small Sanskrit manuscript wrapped in a flap of leather is the most visited document in Oxford's Bodleian Library...
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Higher Channels
We are no longer producing our own television and radio guide, but several excellent all-channel UK programme guides are available on the web. For additional information about specific programmes,...
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Latest UK news
Blunkett tackles adult skills deficit Education secretary David Blunkett today announced a university-based national research centre as part of a £1.5 billion three-year campaign to tackle...
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Latest international news
Minister threatens to close campus South African education minister Kader Asmal has threatened to close down Mangosuthu Technikon in Durban after a staff decision to strike over the reinstatement of...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES The government is to consider paying employers' national insurance contributions where they take part in basic skills training. A team from Aoyama-Gakuin University...