Breast team wins
The excitement of gene-hunting was described last week by Mike Stratton of the Institute of Cancer Research, whose team recently won an international race to isolate the breast cancer gene, BRCA2. "...
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Police investigate South Bank union
Police were called to South Bank University student union this week to investigate allegations that executive officers misused union funds. Officers from Southwark police station are investigating...
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President launches peace centre
A centre for the international study of forgiveness and reconciliation was opened at Coventry University this week with an inaugural address by its patron, the Irish President, Mary Robinson....
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A split cause for schizophrenia
A Newcastle academic claims he has beaten the mainstream of schizophrenia researchers to discover that schizophrenia is caused by a single gene plus three environmental factors. Schizophrenia, like...
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Sandwich course
As Scotland's higher education institutions grit their teeth over this week's grant allocations, at least they cannot accuse the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council of being profligate with its...
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Pet defective
Pets and degrees are clearly a dangerous combination. After the Heriot-Watt graduation certificate, which had to be replaced when the graduate's Labrador puppy buried it in the garden, a Reading...
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Balliol right to take Flick gift
The man appointed this week to raise funds for the Labour Party, defended his decision to pursue the controversial Flick donation to Balliol College while in charge of fundraising for Oxford...
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Fundamental physics exerts pull
Fundamental physics may be out of favour when it comes to research funding but a survey of students says the topic has a major influence on young people deciding to do physics at undergraduate level...
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Industry cash could boost science
Industrial expenditure on research and development should be boosted by billions of pounds, and also be accompanied by a rapid increase in the number of university students studying science, in order...
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Unions will insist on 'substantial' pay rises
Academic unions will this week submit pay claims to employers in what promises to be the toughest climate for talks since the early 1980s. The Association for University Teachers and lecturers' union...
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Loans bill defeats
Two amendments to the Education (Student Loans) Bill have been defeated this week in the House of Lords. The Bill's committee stage, on Tuesday, began with an amendment moved by Lord Morris to limit...
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Adult strategies
Universities and colleges are given a major role in a new national strategy on adult education and career guidance, proposed in a consultation document launched this week by the National Advisory...
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Highlands mission
Activists for a University of the Highlands and Islands believe it is a step closer to reality with an impending investigation by Millennium Commission consultants. The development agency Highlands...
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Sea dump options
Dumping gas and oil installations such as Brent Spar at sea should still be considered as an option, according to the House of Lords science and technology select committee. But the installations...
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PFI made clear
The Government this week sought to sweep away misconceptions about the Private Finance Initiative in higher education. Treasury Financial Secretary Michael Jack told educational administrators that...