Wholesale redistribution
Andrew Dilnoton the taxing choice we have to make. Something for nothing. It sounds exciting. The Conservatives and Labour both seem to think we can have better public services without more tax. But...
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Angling for equality of consideration
In the third article in our occasional series about how we should treat animals, Peter Singer argues that the time has now come to embrace all animals inour circle of morality Do animals have rights...
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Speaking Volumes
Tessa Blackstone on Richard Titmuss's The Gift Relationship In 1966 I was appointed temporary assistant lecturer on a one-year contract in the department of social administration at the London School...
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Charlie's angel
Raised eyebrows greeted the Prince of Wales's decision to appoint an archaeologist as saviour of his beleaguered Institute of Architecture. Kam Patel reports on Richard Hodges, the prince's...
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Law's green border terrier
The fall-out from the Chernobyl disaster propelled Phillipe Sands into international environmental law. This week he will make legal history representing Hungary against Slovakia. Graham Lawton...
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Should adults be allowed to indoctrinate children in any way they choose?
Should adults be allowed to indoctrinate children in any way they choose? Nicholas Humphrey argues that society has a duty to protect the young from bad ideas by teaching them science 98% of the...
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Physics faces age crisis
THE INSTITUTE of Physics has warned in its submission to the Dearing inquiry into higher education that the age profile of academic staff in university physics departments presents serious problems...
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Sussex probes mechanics of learning
HOW DOES a student's background affect the way he or she learns? The mechanics of learning will be central to a large consortium-based project being led by anthropologists at the University of Sussex...
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Collections aid public image
UNIVERSITIES wanting to strengthen community relations are recognising that museum collections can be valuable public assets. The Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, which belongs to Glasgow University...
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Remedy sought for sickly R&D
Pharmaceutical firms are alarmed at the state of the science base. Kam Patal reports on how funds are falling. The pharmaceutical industry is a good barometer of changes in the science base. It...
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UK bottom of G7 spending
The latest official figures from the Office of Science and Technology show that between 1984 and 1995 the United Kingdom notched up the lowest growth in gross expenditure on research and development...
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Maize riddle sparks Chinese puzzle
Julia Hinde reports from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle A piece of clay pottery from a site in China may provide evidence of the earliest...
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Graduate tax dice dooms low paid to lifetime debt
Australians who take a five-year architecture degree may spend the next 55 years paying off their tuition fees, and still owe the federal government thousands of dollars, according to an analysis by...
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Calculus suffers maths backlash
GROWING enthusiasm in the United States for a return to a more traditional education in schools and colleges has taken university mathematics by storm. Reforms in the teaching of calculus to make it...
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Official dissent in the ranks
UNITEDSTATES higher education officials are fighting a losing battle with popular but controversial independent college and university ratings guides in an effort to ensure that they contain accurate...