God, the media and the microchip top the charts
GOD, the media and the computer are the rising stars in the postgraduate market, new figures show. The number of postgraduate qualifications available has grown over the past five years by 65 per...
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Erosion of postgrad subsidy will create elitism, say medics
MEDICINE could soon become the preserve of students from wealthy backgrounds, warns the British Medical Association student committee. The committee, which represents students nationally, campaigned...
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Cambridge lecturer takes High Court stand
A CAMBRIDGE lecturer is seeking to take the university to the High Court for allegedly breaching its statutes governing the promotion of academic staff. Gill Evans, a history lecturer and public...
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Why England's cap fails to fit
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight Robert Cormack of Queen's University and Robert Osborne of Ulster University, known...
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Cuts clip wings of high-flier scheme
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight The province's two universities are in the forefront of the last Government's...
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A strategy void adds to troubles
Northern Ireland can't keep its students. The THES looks at the troubled province in its latest regional spotlight Whatever the outcome of the Dearing inquiry, Northern Ireland arguably has the most...
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Historic horseplay loses its innocence
CLEOPATRA envied the horse which bore the weight of Anthony. Jane Austen's Fanny Price pitied her horse when it was ridden too hard by the sexually energetic Mary Crawford. Horses have galloped their...
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From monster to angel
Seduced and ruined women are the focus of attention for a Leeds University lecturer who is exploring why they form such an important image in 18th-century literature. According to Vivien Jones,...
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Sleepers find tranquility in pockets of silence
Sound scientists at Southampton University are working on an ingenious solution to the problem of neighbours with a taste for loud dance music. A team at the university's Institute of Sound Vibration...
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Scientists fail to extract fossil DNA
Jurassic Park has been re-consigned to the fantasy world by research casting doubt on scientific claims to have isolated ancient genetic material from fossils. Scientists at the Natural History...
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French crayfish could boost British stocks
Recent research may pave the way for white-clawed crayfish to join the list of British imports from France - not, like most, destined for our culinary world but for our natural one. Severe declines...
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Joint plan for quieter aircraft
A Pounds 3 million research project is coming to the end of its three-year quest to find ways to reduce the noise generated by aircraft. At least one potential solution has been unearthed by experts...
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Project aims for simultaneous computing
VIRTUAL teamwork may soon be a working reality, thanks to a project underway in St Andrews University's computing division. Researchers there are developing a computer system which will allow users...
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Middleton measures up
Shakespeare's debt to his junior colleague Thomas Middleton has not yet been fully acknowledged, according to research from Birmingham University. Not only did Middleton write significant parts of...
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Spanish battle over Elche site
THE BATTLE over the creation of a new university in south-western Spain is intensifying as the University of Alicante and the socialist opposition have both decided to launch appeals against the...