Any excuse to miss the horror
Some soldiers faked VD to avoid combat, while more than 300 were shot for deserting. Joanna Bourke explores cowardice In war, mass slaughter is intentional. No one who has witnessed the agonised...
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Gulf war syndrome: a psychological illness?
We have just left behind a century of unprecedented violence. In the dawn of the 21st century, it is imperative that we study how different societies have participated in acts of war, often with...
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Higher channels
John Davies studies the broadcasting schedules (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week Murder, arson, suicide; baptisms, weddings, beauty contests; bankers, farmers and a crazed window-smasher...
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Goodbye to the garret
Will the students now displaying their work at degree shows nationwide ever make money out of it? Harriet Swain reports on efforts to teach business techniques to art students Starving in a garret...
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The flying Dutchmen
Host nation Holland began Euro 2000 as favourites. Academic Alex Strating tells Huw Richards one surprising reason for this Dutch anthropologist Alex Strating has a coolly objective view of his...
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A sporting chance
It may be the most popular degree subject in Britain, but is sports science just a fad? Jennifer Currie reports When Mike Reid decided he wanted to be a sports scientist he thought he was a decade...
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The next stage: the science of bigger balls
Now 25 years old, sports science has reached middle age, says Steve Haake, senior lecturer in Sheffield University's department of engineering. "The new kid on the block is sports engineering....
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The distant dreams of high-tech education
Distance learning across international frontiers from a home base has developed in parallel with the growth in conventional student mobility. The tradition goes back to correspondence education and...
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Where the flow goes
Students are moving about the Commonwealth more than ever, but those from poor countries are in danger of being left out. David Jobbins reports on the first full study of student mobility in seven...
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More cooperation a must for developing countries
Commonwealth governments should give priority to ways of promoting student mobility that will lead to more higher education cooperation between developing countries, the report says in its main...
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A leading role for Britain
The report welcomes prime minister Tony Blair's initiative to recruit 50,000 more higher education students from overseas by 2005, but it calls for action to encourage mobility among students from...
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Cash boost for optics research
A multi-million pound government initiative to strengthen the UK's optical technology industry has been launched. The Pounds 11 million programme, aimed at encouraging greater links between...
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CBA revels in success of internet service
Digital libraries have many advantages - the materials are never out or misfiled and you do not have to do more than fire up your internet browser to access them. But the biggest plus of digitisation...
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Call for business start-up support
Universities should give better support to the creation of start-up companies, a report from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals will recommend. The process of setting up spin-off...
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Alliance targets Asian e-learning market
An alliance of nine universities in Britain, Canada, the United States and Australia has been formed to deliver postgraduate courses over the internet to the rapidly expanding Asian market. Unlike...