Fluorescent dyes track brain cell functions
A novel technique for following what happens in brain cells during processes such as learning, memory acquisition and cell death has been developed by scientists at Aston University. Nick Hartell, of...
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Cuckoos' con starts in the nest
Female cuckoos are renowned for their ability to dupe other birds into rearing their young - but new research shows they begin practising their confidence trickery early. Nick Davis, Rebecca Kilner...
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Contaminated Scotland investigated
An investigation of contaminated land sites in central Scotland is being undertaken by Edinburgh University researchers thanks to a Pounds 285,000 grant from the Natural Environment Research Council...
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Children's asthma centre opens in Leicester
Leicester University's department of child health has formally opened its children's asthma centre, which is to conduct research into the causes of asthma in children. The centre has a research...
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Durable case for higher pension
As the government contemplates a wide-ranging reform of the welfare and benefits system, it should look seriously at improving the benefits for the oldest pensioners. That conclusion emerges from a...
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Rector grilled over doctor's murder
DIEGO Cuzzocrea, rector of Messina University under investigation in connection with the Mafia-style assassination of a prominent professor at the university medical school, has resigned, writes Paul...
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Post-Soviet mafia exposed
THE RISE of the mafia in the former Soviet Union is the subject of research by a small band of political scientists who see crime and corruption as a threat to emerging democracy in eastern Europe....
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Palermo muddied by crime
The ITALIAN anti-Mafia commission, which is already investigating Messina University, Sicily (see left), is requesting an official inquiry into Palermo University following student complaints. One...
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Death fuels Nigerian discontent
DIPLOMATIC sources in Lagos believe that the coming weeks might see a confrontation between Nigeria's long-suffering university community and the military in the wake of the sudden death of head of...
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Trouble booking authors beyond the grave
GATHERING together a contracted author's works following his or her death has become an occupational hazard for academic publishers and editors. When Donald Ellegood of the University of Washington...
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V-cs make fees an election issue
Australian vice-chancellors have endorsed tuition fees as a means of raising cash for higher education. It is the first time the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee has accepted the principle that...
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Student loan repayments feed federal cuts in public spending
The Australian government is using millions of dollars of income generated by the Higher Education Contribution Scheme to reduce its own spending on universities. With more than Aus$500 million (...
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Beckett's gain Blunkett's loss?
Tension is rising as the comprehensive spending review nears its conclusion. Gordon Brown's statement last week held both threat and promise for higher education. On pay, restraint on public sector...
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The rules for a biotech revolution
Information technology and biotechnology are transforming the world around us. The information technology revolution has created new types of organisation, new patterns of work and new ways for...
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Out of the shadows in Ulster
WEIGHTY matters on the higher education agenda will be affected by the outcome of elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly next Thursday for which the politicians are busy preparing. On the...