Dishing dirt on Scots
Devolution has led to a resurgence of national culture north of the border. But has it gone too far? Allan MacInnes, head of Aberdeen University's history department, has started a Northern European...
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In the bad books
John Sutherland, the Lord Northcliffe professor of modern English literature at University College London, this week revealed in his Guardian column that his copy of Sylvia Plath's Ariel is 37 years...
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Words of honour
John Taylor, director general of research councils, continues to be highly unpopular because of his handling of the siting of the synchrotron. The government has announced it will be based at...
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Passport to nowhere
Just how US chemist Linus Pauling missed determining the structure of DNA was revealed by Maurice Wilkins at the opening of the building named after him and Rosalind Franklin, who obtained much of...
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In the news
Political observers had predicted that Claude Allegre would be sacked as education minister in the French government reshuffle at the end of March. Few, however, had foreseen that his replacement...
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On the move
Michael Brown, pro vice-chancellor of De Montfort University, is to be the new vice-chancellor and chief executive of Liverpool John Moores University. He will take up the appointment this summer....
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Glittering prizes
The Templeton Foundation in New York has announced that it will award the Templeton prize for progress in religion to the physicist Freeman J. Dyson. The award is given for originality in advancing...
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Send in the history platoon
Harvey Kaye suggests how American scholars might help represent European history in the 'Museum of Europe' To help keep the peace, it looks like we Americans may need to send not only combat troops...
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Florence
A study at the University of Florence has revealed that only 10 per cent of all full professors there are female, compared with 35 per cent of researchers - the lowest category of university...
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Madrid
A prominent critic of Spain's higher education system will hold the country's first Unesco chair on university management and policy. Francisco Michavila, a former secretary general of the...
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Paris
Claude Allegre lost his job as France's minister for education, research and technology in a government reshuffle on Monday. He has been replaced as education minister by veteran socialist politician...
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Addis Ababa
Representatives of hundreds of students from the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville studying in Bulgaria and Romania have sent a letter to the secretary general of the Organisation of African Unity in...
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Stressed dons left suicidal
Australian academics claim their stress levels have risen dramatically over the past five years and are affecting their personal and professional welfare. An initial study by Melbourne researchers...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL www.epsrc.ac....
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Exploit your experience
WHY They believe that students benefit by observing how academics study and feed it into their own work WHAT Historians at Nottingham Trent University are exposing themselves... and not being...