As there are 200 billion stars in our galaxy and more galaxies than stars, I cannot believe that we are the only intelligent life form in the universe. Whether we can make contact is another matter...
Whether it is GM food or the office Christmas party, the precautionary principle sounds like a rational approach. But Gary Comstock, professor and cowboy, finds that things are not that simple. As a...
They are the celebrities of science, ambassadors of the laboratory held up by the media as intellectual authorities of our time. Where once there was Magnus Pike and Patrick Moore, there is now a...
Even the most talented students suffer under the formula at the heart of education, says David Karliner. An insoluble equation? Resource + student number = finite successful student outcome. 1986....
Both the homeless and legal students are set to benefit over Christmas from a free advice initiative. Claire Sanders reports. When it was first suggested that students from the College of Law run...
A leading geologist has accused a Natural Environment Research Council centre of withholding data about mass arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh. The accusation comes in the week after the NERC launched...
Final figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service show that 339,747 students accepted places at United Kingdom universities in September - a 1.5 per cent increase on last year. The...
Open University vice-chancellor Sir John Daniel is to become assistant director general of Unesco, the United Nations' educational and cultural organisation, in Paris. Sir John said he was looking...
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Israel accused of dumping toxic waste Israel has denied claims by Syrian students that it has dumped toxic waste in the occupied Golan Heights. The students, who sent a message to United Nations...
Disability bill cost vastly underestimated It could cost universities £250 million to comply with proposed disability and special educational needs legislation. Baroness Warwick,...
FINANCIAL TIMES Edible packaging films made from fruits and vegetables could soon be used as an alternative to synthetics, according to researchers at the US Department of Agriculture A group of US...
Some mature students are so poor that their children will go without presents this Christmas, according to a report on student finances commissioned by the government. Lone parents, who often decide...
The THES is taking a Christmas break and will be back on the news stands on January 5 2001. Online daily news updates will resume on January 3. Coming up in the next edition: NEWS Lifelong learning:...
Cambridge University is planning to force building contractors to submit staff training plans when they bid for university projects. This has been prompted by a series of building schemes that have...