RTTS-1 Cancer cure rationing
I am quite prepared to believe that the National Health Service does not do what it ought to treat the elderly. Nevertheless, the assumption in Steve Farrar's report ("Cancer treatment ageism", THES...
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White's rights
In claiming that the Caroline White issue is no more than a disciplinary matter ("Barred professor to face disciplinary action", THES, May 12)b the University of Natal, South Africa, is...
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He's good, but not that good
It's time Cambridge scrapped its compulsory exam on Shakespeare, argues Jennifer Wallace I love Shakespeare. He provides me with the magic I need in A Midsummer Night's Dream, where love turns out to...
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Getting ahead
(Photograph) - Mature students from Bournville College in Birmingham practice giving Indian head massages as part of their reflexology and aromatherapy course. Photograph by JAMIE JONES
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Eyewitness
Universities are increasingly seen as the frontline in socioeconomic development of the non-industrialised world. Earlier this year, a joint World Bank/Unesco task force signalled a shift in donor...
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Sources for research funding
EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION www.esf.org Assessment of Impacts of Genetically Modified Plants The programme offers travel grants and a small number of fellowships for researchers in the fields of the...
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Cutting edge
Nottingham Trent University has established a centre to research trauma - a much- misunderstood psychiatric disorder The recent claim by ex-servicemen against the Ministry of Defence for compensation...
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Coping with mid-kid crises
Freud may not have had time for them, but five to 16-year-olds have much to tell us. Geoff Watts reports Forget about the outbreak of moral panic over Section 28. The dominant factor in matters of...
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Sinister sleeping companions
Millions of people are sleeping in beds teeming with the droppings of cockroaches and dust mites. A nationwide survey of homes in the United States, the most thorough study of its kind, has revealed...
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Supernova blast in Chandra sight
The violent progress of the blast wave of Supernova 1987A - the brightest supernova seen from Earth for four centuries - has been revealed by American space agency Nasa's Chandra X-ray observatory....
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Aznar picks female head of research
BARCELONA Spanish prime minister Jose Mar!a Aznar has created a new ministry in charge of research as one of the first acts of his new government. The ministry of science and technology is to be...
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University criticised for conduct in chewing gum case
COPENHAGEN Danish minister of research Birte Weiss has reprimanded the leaders of Aarhus University for "not showing the necessary attention in supervising the university's activities and its staff"...
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HE given say in post-16 plans
The government has bowed to pressure to give higher education a greater say in planning post-16 education, after initially excluding it from its Learning and Skills Bill. Lifelong learning minister...
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Flagship campus criticised for flaws
Problems with disabled access to Nottingham University's new Pounds 50 million campus, home of the government's flagship national school Leadership College, have emerged. Education secretary David...
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Web launch offers access to untapped wealth
Students will be able to conduct international searches for scholarships and bursaries through a commercial website launched this week, writes Alison Goddard. Iain Aitken, managing director of...