Living history
(Photograph) - Aberdeen University served up a taste of the past during its history department's "living history day" on war and rebellion in Scotland. Historical re-enactment groups, the Sealed Knot...
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In the news
Baron Neill of Bladen of Briantspuddle in Dorset, 72, has the kind of background which gives him the confidence to put the Prime Minister right on his first day in a new job. His reputation as "...
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Glittering prizes
Viscount Ridley will be retiring as chancellor of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in December. A special honorary degree congregation in his honour will confer honorary doctorates of civil law...
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On the move
Nicky-Sinead Gardner, former director of educational services and university librarian at the University of Ulster and an expert on the use of information technology in higher education, will join...
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Don's diary
Wednesday I found out that my mother had breast cancer by overhearing a conversation between a relative and a neighbour. I was nine. She had a mastectomy and I became used to seeing her prostheses (...
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Unesco takes 'new way'
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Unesco's 182-member nations - and the United...
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Swedes' image tarnished on sex equality
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Sweden, regarded as a model for sexual equality,...
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Comenius medals awarded
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Burton Clark, professor emeritus of education and...
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Lecturers fight for freedom
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role Leaders of lecturers' professional organisations...
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Students battle on fee front
The biggest international gathering on higher education ever took place in Paris last week. David Jobbins reports on how participants saw their role While the plenary sessions were monopolised by...
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Climate bad for health
Health is going to suffer with climate change, a Royal Society conference will hear later this month. Deaths from heatwaves, storms, floods and food poisoning will increase if temperatures continue...
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Pyramid echo 'mimics sacred bird'
Ancient Mayans designed their pyramids to echo like the call of a sacred bird, a researcher told the meeting of the Acoustic Society of America this week. Archaeologists had previously dismissed the...
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Ultrasound monitors tissue damage, by gum
An ultrasound probe for monitoring gum disease is being developed by researchers at the University of William and Mary in Virginia. The device projects ultrasound into the narrow space between the...
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Physicists get warm as info store doubles
Japanese physicists have discovered a material that could eventually be used to double the amount of information stored on a computer disc. The material displays colossal magneto-resistance - its...
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Secret cities get dollars
Russian nuclear scientists, tempted to emigrate to countries eager to acquire their skills for military purposes, will be paid to stay put under a new agreement signed by United States energy...