The poverty policy trap
As the government's new Social Exclusion Unit starts work, academics are split over how to deal with The poor. David Walker reports There were two versions of the government's agenda on poverty and...
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Man is off the menu
When William Arens debunked the history of cannibalism he caused a furore among anthropologists. Here he answers his critics While travelling through Scandinavia in 1795, fleeing a failed love affair...
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Why cash is no panacea
The poverty policy trap Why, among equally deprived areas, do some communities do better than others? After urban riots in France in the early 1980s, says housing specialist Anne Power, the French...
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Tiny outward and visible signs of the scholar's inward game
Why do we need footnotes? Anthony Grafton knows. John Davies reports Are footnotes necessary? For Anthony Grafton, professor of history at Princeton University, the answer is undoubtedly "Yes". In...
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The holy grail of sound
Why has it taken 250 years for us to make musical instruments that can rival those of Stradivari? The answer, says Thomas Levenson, is a lesson in the limits of science Sometime in the 1650s, in...
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Off the blocks and into the class
Once marginalised, the study of sport has become a glamorous subject. Huw Richards reports In the past four or five years, sports science has become a glamour subject," says Tom Reilly. Liverpool...
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Infrastructure crisis facing Britain's universities is urgent
The infrastructure crisis facing Britain's universities is urgent and should be addressed soon and not wait until the end of the comprehensive spending review, the Royal Society heard. Sir Aaron Klug...
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Scottish Office adds Pounds 17 million extra funding
The Scottish Office this week added Pounds 17 million to next year's planned Pounds 653 million higher education funding. The rise for Scottish further education will be Pounds 8 million, taking...
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Highlands officials push to keep EU funds
Highlands and Islands Enterprise Development Agency officials this week lobbied Scottish MEPs for continued European Objective 1 funding after 1999. The funds, to help cut economic disparities...
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Funding councils rejig under Welsh assembly
The Government of Wales Bill, published last week, confirms that the National Assembly will gain some powers over the Further and Higher Education Funding Councils of Wales. The FEFCW will come...
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Pom-pom skirt
(Photograph) - A model from the Bunka Women's University, Japan, wears a sculpted rubber creation at a fashion extravaganza held at the Albert Hall, Nottingham, to mark the leading fashion institute'...
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Oxford colleges should show admissions stats
Oxford University should reveal admissions statistics for each college to show its commitment to raising state schools intakes, Labour MP John Grogan, former president of Oxford Student Union, said...
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Teacher trainers in trouble after re-inspection
Two higher education teacher trainers are under threat after parts of their provision were deemed "poor" following re-inspection by the Office of Standards in Education. University of Derby and Bath...
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No need for new entry standards, Millett says
Teacher Training Agency chief Anthea Millett rejected the recommendation of the House of Commons select committee on education that there should be a new minimum standard for entry to initial teacher...
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Natfhe vote for general secretary nears close
Natfhe members will know next Friday who will be general secretary. The ballot will close on Monday. The candidates are Vicky Seddon, Paul Mackney, Kate Heasman, Andrea Kenneally and Fawzi Abrahim....