In a climate of change
Scientist James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis met a hostile response in 1979 but, with the publication of his autobiography next week, it seems events have borne it out. Tom Wakeford reports Anyone who...
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Spreading the word on campus
Creative writing courses are more popular than ever. Graeme Harper explores the role of the university in nurturing new talent In 1979, fewer than a quarter of Cambridge undergraduates were women:...
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Higher channels
John Davies assesses the week's broadcasting (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Piers Gough's survey of British architecture, The Shock of the Old, comes to a triumphant conclusion on...
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Beijing
The installation of condom vending machines in four Chinese university campuses over the past few months has raised fears among parents and teachers that they will encourage sexual promiscuity, while...
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La Paz
More than 30 students and professors at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres who ended their hunger strike last week after 16 days said that they would resume strike action in six weeks unless the...
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Bukavu
Rwandan troops occupying a province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo shot and killed four students protesting against the arrest of lecturers who argued that Rwandan...
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Agony aunt
Term is starting and a new tutor group is about to walk through the door. How can I strike up a fruitful working relationship with my students and yet keep my distance? Martin Greenhow Senior tutor...
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How to Get a good starton the PhD path
WHAT An early emphasis on work that develops writing and research skills greatly benefits PhD students, says Moira Peelo WHY Students and their PhD supervisors often waste the early months of their...
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Quad squad
(Photograph) - Quad squad: Jim Craig, a theological student training to be an Anglican priest at Cranmer Hall, Durham, has swapped the quad for a quad bike while on placement at a north Yorkshire...
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Pilot programme
(Photograph) - Student Pierre Le-Clech examines equipment in Cranfield University's new pilot plant hall. Cranfield has its own sewage system for research. Photograph: Joel Chant.
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Party dependence
Get ready for a heavy session at the Labour Party conference in Brighton next month. Centre-left think-tank the Institute for Public Policy Research has issued a handy list of useful phone numbers....
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Pounds 151m incentive to recruit poor
Universities and students are to get an extra Pounds 131 million on top of the Pounds 20 million announced earlier this year to help widen access for young people from poorer backgrounds. The money...
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CVCP joint initiative
* The CVCP announced a new joint initiative linking universities, colleges and schools in a bid to raise young people's interest in and access to higher education. New Opportunities for All is a...
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Warwick axes jobs after Rover withdrawal
Warwick University's prestigious manufacturing group is facing up to 20 job losses, including a possible eight compulsory redundancies, following withdrawal of funding from Rover. The redundancies...
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Essex merges with East 15 drama school
East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, has merged with Essex University, following agreement from the Higher Education Funding Council for England to provide 130 undergraduate places. The...