Centenary booster in hunt for malaria vaccine
AUGUST 20 this year marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most dramatic discoveries in medical science. Ronald Ross solved the so-called "malaria problem" by showing that the disease was...
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University of Nairobi
(Photograph) - The back pack: students return to the University of Nairobi, which was closed by police last month, after President Daniel arap Moi accused the students of fomenting opposition to his...
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Fee foes smell blood
Doesn't Sir Ron Dearing's recommendation that graduates start paying back borrowed money when their income reaches Pounds 5,000 (THES, July 25) seem to undermine his belief that graduates...
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Minister wary on devolution
A SCOTTISH parliament could take a more generous approach than Westminster to student support, but "realism must accompany idealism" in the Government's devolution proposals, Scottish education...
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Teacher trainers aim high
THE BATTLE to bring teacher training funding back in line with the rest of higher education is not yet over, higher education's teacher trainers claimed this week. Launching a consultation document...
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Clive Booth appointment welcomed
UCET has welcomed the appointment of Clive Booth, former vice chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, to the chairmanship of the TTA. Professor Booth replaces Geoffrey Parker. "Clive Booth has a...
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Welsh field centre survives
GREGYNOG, the University of Wales residential centre, will have to adjust to a new funding system from next year, but should not be in danger of closure. Fears had been expressed for its future after...
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TB's relative values
SCIENTISTS are puzzled why the BCG vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis appears to offer little protection in some tropical countries, while boosting immunity in higher latitudes. Researchers at...
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Golden bullet fired in river blindness war
"Nanobullets" made of pure gold, coated with genetically engineered DNA vaccines and fired into the skin using a "gene gun" may sound like some gadget out of a James Bond film, but researchers at the...
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Court opens lid on campus crime
A court has ordered student disciplinary proceedings in the United States to be open to the public following criticism that universities and colleges are using secret hearings to cover up crimes on...
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'Death' doctor carries on
A CANADIAN professor of medicine accused of murder and awaiting trial is back teaching at the hospital where she was arrested. Nancy Morrison, accused of killing a patient by injection, was arrested...
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Fees foster state spirit for saving
mounting tuition fees and a rising burden of debt on students in the United States has driven the families of more than 700,000 children to enrol in state savings plans where they pre-pay university...
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Red tape harms student chances
THOUSANDS of students are allegedly dropping out of university in Australia because of red tape and changes in the student support scheme, Austudy. The Australian Vice Chancellors' Committee has...
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Danes favour character development
ONLY 36 per cent of Danish sixth-form college pupils studying mathematics, sciences or technical subjects want a natural sciences or technical higher or further education. A survey of the life...
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No inquiry over 'piracy'
AN ITALIAN economist caught up in a welter of plagiarism charges has claimed that newspaper interest in his case was politically motivated because he is close to the government. The Italian Society...