The process of getting into university
For well-prepared applicants, the school examination results will come at least eight months after they first filled in a UCAS application form, writes Olga Wojtas. Forms for higher education entry...
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Malaysia blocks pollution index as fires rage
As raging fires in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo fuelled fears that Southeast Asia would again be hit by haze, Malaysia's cabinet has refused to publish official pollution data. Ministers fear...
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Let the source be with us
If the private purse is neither big enough nor open wide enough to fund education then we need a full public debate, says Bryan Gould. Some years ago, a viewing platform at Cave Creek, a well-known...
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Freetown
Sierra Leone has appealed to donor countries to help pay Fourah Bay University staff after it was discovered that their salaries, lodged in dollars in the central bank, were stolen by bank and...
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Rome
Umberto Eco, professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, is a member of one of two special committees set up by Italian higher education minister Ortensio Zecchino in February to evaluate...
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Why I... skipped university despite having obtained good A-level results
Charlotte Whittaker. Investment management assistant in Exeter. She obtained three As and a B at A level two years ago, aged 18. I had been offered a place on a joint course in film studies and...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Jon Turney argued against a code of practice for media coverage of science. David Packham Senior lecturer Department of materials science and engineering University of Bath...
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A goodbye to goodwill
Natalie Fenton believes that industrial action is the only option left in the battle to protect the health of higher education. Being involved in industrial action is an unusual state of affairs for...
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Research funding sources
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY www.lms.ac.uk Support of joint research groups...
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Unlucky for some, unlucky for all
Thirteen is just another number, says Richard Wiseman, unless you plan to sing in the Eurovision Song Contest... The bad news is that 1999 contains an unusually high number of Friday the 13ths. And...
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The snake harmers
A primitive, single-celled blood parasite could be the answer to a Pacific island's prayers, potentially ridding it of a snake plague. Scientists at the University of Queensland in Brisbane have...
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Active women break the age barrier
Donning a tracksuit could knock up to 15 years off the female ageing process, says new research from the University of Sydney. A study of women aged 55 to 70 by Ross Hansen, lecturer in the...
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A capital idea for learning
In the third of our series on research in the southern hemisphere, Julia Hinde examines the work of the Canberra-based Australian National University - a major contributor to regional science - whose...
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Scientific Fab Four unite to create for-profit research consultancy for unis and industry
Foresight in the United Kingdom brings together industry and academia to identify the research needs and opportunities of the future. In Australia, four eminent scientists have created their own...
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Bettongs and bandicoots return to the Outback
Near-extinct species lost from the Australian bush are being re-introduced thanks to the determination of scientists who are helping return the Outback to its pre-colonial glory. Jeff Short,...