Tense, nervous headache? Take Stoics
Forget psychiatry andother modern approachesto relieving depression. Ancient Greek philosophy holds the key to a happy life, as Richard Sorabji explains to Lucy Hodges Overwhelmed by events? Help may...
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Chutzpah on the scales of justice
Alan Dershowitz defended Claus von Bulow and helped O. J. Simpson beat a murder rap. Here hetalks to Tim Cornwell about hislatest concern, the future of the Jewish race Today is Wednesday," Alan...
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How a tribal chief got buried in Liverpool
A 19th-century Aboriginal leader's skull lies in Everton cemetery, but attempts to repatriate it have so far foundered. Chris Johnston reports Cressida Fforde is calm, rational, if not a little...
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Starter for ten: why does a quiz show matter?
Is the TV quiz show University Challenge just a game or an important shop window for universities? Phil Baty reports It's just a bit of fun," insists Peter Gwyn, producer of Granada Television's...
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Can this man go where no physicist has gone before?
Lee Smolin aims to breathe new life into cosmology by borrowing concepts from biology, notably natural selection. Ayala Ochert reports When cosmologist Lee Smolin turned to biology for inspiration...
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In the shadow of Saatchi
'It could be you!' The glittering figures of Britain's hot young artists tower above this year's graduates. But have Thatcher's children been prepared for reality and how many will hit the jackpot?...
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Awards
American Society of Limnology & Oceanography The 1996 Raymond L. Lindeman award for the most outstanding paper in English on an aspect of aquatic science went to Chris Freeman, school of...
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Chairs
University of Bristol K. Johnson, associate professor in the department of surgical sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been appointed to the chair in companion animal studies. Queen...
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Tourists threaten Mauritius coral reefs
Julia Hinde marks World Oceans’ Day with a trawl of marine researchTourism in the tropics may be killing the very thing which is its life blood, say marine biologists from the University of Wales,...
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Porterhouse blues
(Photograph) - Porterhouse blues: Porters in traditional universities earn an average of Pounds 7,613 a year, despite working for some of the richest universities in the world. They would do better...
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Colleges could lose their medics
Medicine could become a postgraduate only subject and be transfered from universities to the NHS, a British Medical Association meeting heard this week. Colin Smith, chairman of the BMA Medical...
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Low pay scandal shames sector
HIGHER education workers are being exploited through a culture of low pay that leaves some earning half the amount of their private sector counterparts, a new survey has revealed. Trade unions have...
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Oxford women profs penalised
Most women professors at Oxford earn less than their male counterparts, with some on salaries as low as Pounds 30,000 a year. The discrepancy between male and female salaries at one of the country's...
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GNVQs fail to deliver for higher hopefuls
ONLY a fifth of those who register for Advanced General National Vocational Qualifications get into higher education, a study published today by the Institute of Education has found. Sir Ron Dearing'...
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Pass is equivalent of an A-level grade E
A PASS in an Advanced level GNVQ is broadly equivalent in quality to a grade E at A-level, a report from the Office of Standards in Education has found. The HMI report, Standards of Achievement in...