(Photograph) - The senate of the Royal College of Art this week recommended Christopher Frayling as the institution's new rector. If the recommendation is accepted by the college's council, Professor...
WORLD BANK. David Freestone, professor of international law at the University of Hull, has been appointed for three years as legal adviser for environmental affairs at the World Bank in Washington....
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER. An honorary chair in law was awarded to Mary Robinson, president of Ireland on March 17, in recognition of her inspirational role in the advancement of women in society and...
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE of WALES, ABERYSTWYTH Fellowships have been awarded to: R. Rees Davies, Chichele professor in history at the University of Oxford and former professor of history at UCWA; Alun...
UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL Research grants Professor R. Denton, Pounds 806,182 from Medical Research Council (cell imaging facility); Mr T. Mesen, Pounds 46,890 from Economic and Social Research Council (...
UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM Senior lecturers awarded readerships: Oliver Dickinson, classics; Rob Dixon, business school; Anoush Ehteshami, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies; David Fuller,...
This week's Final Word comes from a geobiochemist who thinks of life as a geological force: "The earth will be tamed, but will it be tame? Think of New York, Paris, Moscow, or Cairo. Consider the...
Early Life on Earth
Tectonics
The Myth of Scientific Literacy
Lucy Hodges talks to Richard Lacey, the blunt scientist who told the Government what it did not want to hear about BSE Richard Lacey is wearing a loud red tie depicting cows' heads. He enjoys the...
Must Labour lose? The question was so widely asked after the party's third consecutive general election defeat in 1959 that it became the title of a well-known work of political analysis. Natural,...
The British Museum has edged closer to its cherished aim of housing its collections in one location after receiving Pounds 8.1 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Elaine Williams reports. The...
Calorie-free crisps and tasty vegetables will one day make society slimmer and food industry profits fatter. But are they safe? Aisling Irwin reports. Picture the fat American, that stereotype in...
Oxford University fundraising could suffer following the public debacle over the controversial Flick professorship. University spokesmen say that the sudden decision by Gert-Rudolf Flick, grandson of...