Scramble for new docs
Hertfordshire University has become the latest institution without medical students to join the scramble for up to 1,000 new medical school places. Universities and National Health Service regional...
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Novelist's quest for science
Novelist Ian McEwan is to chair the panel of judges for this year's Rhone-Poulenc prize for science books. Mr McEwan is "a voracious reader of science", whose consumption of the genre has accelerated...
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Titanic heroism masked tragedy
AN Investigation into the sinking of the Titanic has revealed how the Edwardians turned the tragedy into a triumph within a few days of the event and the loss of 1,522 lives. Cultural historian...
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Cash-strapped museums turn to locals to champion cause
THE POWERFUL and vocal support mustered by London museums for extra public funding is having an adverse effect on regional museums whose plight is being largely ignored. In a letter to the Museums...
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Academic tale of audit overload
Huw Richards on the Political Studies Association conference ACCOUNTABILITY is one of the buzzwords of the 1990s, widely acknowledged as a good thing. But you can have too much of a good thing,...
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Wheeler dealing of Tsar Boris
Huw Richards on the Political Studies Association conference BORIS Yeltsin's recent sacking of his government was spectacular and unexpected but fits logically into the pattern of events since he...
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Hundred years war
(Photograph) - Hooded students in Guatemala City carry a float in a parade that has been held every April for 100 years. It is traditionally part sophisticated political protest and a larger part...
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A Luciano Nezzo painting
(Photograph) - Mouth piece: Luciano Nezzo's painting of a surgeon holding a dental key behind his back is part of an exhibition of 'Needles in Medical History' at the Wellcome Trust's History of...
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Where there's muck there's brass
(Photograph) - How the Scottish Agricultural College makes millions from services to the country's farmers. Twelve pages of Research news, grants and jobs, pages R1 R12
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Fact File
The Higher Education Statistics Agency's findings reveal that: * 7.7 per cent of male first-degree students obtained first-class degrees. * 6.3 per cent of female first-degree students obtained first...
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Hunting countries gather most guns
COUNTRIES with a hunting tradition have the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe, but this does not necessarily lead to higher crime rates, Leicester University research has found. An analysis of...
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Children Act 'fails youngsters leaving care'
THE LAW fails to protect young people when they leave care, according to the first-ever national overview of leaving care across England and Wales. In Young People Leaving Care: Life After the...
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Aerosol aids search for cystic fibrosis cure
Medical scientists at Dundee University are working with colleagues at the Chinese University of Hong Kong to tackle cystic fibrosis, the most common fatal inherited disease in Western Europe. The...
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Couch potatoes switch on to courses
BEING a couch potato can lead to higher education, according to the BBC. BBC Education has commissioned John Storan, director of South Bank University's continuing education centre, to investigate...
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Transparent coat points way to slimline TV
ULTRA-THIN televisions and computer monitors may soon be within reach of ordinary consumers, thanks to Kingston University researchers. The team has found a chemical way to put transparent...