Cash to aid poor students
Mature students and young students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be promised bursaries before they enrol in higher education, the new student support arrangements reveal. Universities will be...
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Plans could hit lecturers' job security
Lecturers may face increased compulsory redundancies if the government introduces early retirement reforms. Lecturers' union Natfhe said a proposal to raise the early retirement threshold from 50 to...
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Spanish campuses in dispute over language
Two Spanish universities are enmeshed in conflicts over sensitive language issues with strong political overtones. A lecturer at Tarragona's Rovira i Virgili University was suspended for handing out...
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On show: this portrait of Lord Dearing
(Photograph) - On show: this portrait of Lord Dearing, in his robes as vice-chancellor of Nottingham University, by Jane Bond, is included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition that...
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A guide for disoriented tipplers
Confused about which malt whisky to buy? A St Andrews University researcher has produced a set of guidelines to help palates become more discerning. David Wishart of St Andrews's department of...
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Asian bees fly fastest
It is a one-sided aerial battle that the Europeans are doomed to lose. Aerodynamic analysis of 25 honey-bee subspecies has revealed that those native to Europe are the worst fliers in the apian world...
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How to make stronger beer
PhD student Garry Smith is set to be the toast of student unions across the land, with research into brewing yeast that could produce stronger beer, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Smith, of the University of...
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Killer knowledge
John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems, believes that the knowledge market is the next killer internet application. "Education over the internet is going to be so big," he said. He and other...
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Market ready
A proposal for virtual testing of websites has won a Pounds 1,000 prize for best internet business plan. Students on the digital business course at University College London were challenged to...
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Cutting edge
The Centre for Caribbean Medicine is an initiative designed to promote research into illnesses such as sickle-cell disease. The Centre for Caribbean Medicine is an initiative to foster a partnership...
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No physics plc, we're British
The UK has an impressive track record in bioscience, but fails in industries such as electronics. Nigel Beard asks why. Why are UK companies with a physics or engineering base so bad at innovation...
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Let's see what's on your mind right now
Doctors can now view brain processes in real time. Geoff Watts reports. A study of brain function in a group of schizophrenic patients has revealed why a newer anti-psychotic drug is more effective...
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New cells for old in Parkinson's trials
Cells from aborted foetuses are being used to treat diseases of the nervous system. Michael de Laine reports on a controversial therapy. Patients suffering from Parkinson's disease may soon receive a...
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Interview
He can't remember where his office is, but he can program machines to check the icing on cakes - Adrian Mourby meets a Cardiff friend of Mr Kipling. Bruce Batchelor does not look like an archetypal...
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Budget hike masks cut to science base
The long-term decline in support for research and development by government departments is undermining efforts to boost British science, according to an influential group of MPs. It runs counter to...