Dry rot breeds on the wild side
A scientist at the University of Abertay, Dundee has achieved a world first in the fight against dry rot by successfully growing wild dry rot fungus in captivity. Nia White, of the Scottish Institute...
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Drill thrills to come
Laser technology could make visits to the dentist a pain-free experience if clinical trials at the University of London in the next two years are successful. Gavin Pearson, coordinator of the project...
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Scots and Irish swap gift of Gaelic
As the Anglo-Irish peace process rumbles on, new cross-cultural links are being fostered through an Irish-Scottish academic initiative. Trinity College, Dublin and Strathclyde and Aberdeen...
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Institute nurses health
City University's Institute of Health Sciences, set up two years ago, is to double in size to nearly 2,500 undergraduate and postgraduate students this week with a Pounds 10 million contract for...
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City listens to science voices
The Royal Society and the information technology community are trying to encourage collaboration between scientists, technologists and the City. In a lecture marking the launch of the initiative last...
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Mega-cities are disaster-in-waiting
The mega-cities, mushrooming around the world, are putting millions of lives at risk because the buildings cannot withstand natural disasters, the Royal Geographical Society will hear next week. But...
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DFEE cuts top posts
Tony Tysome reports on the shake-up of senior civil servants at the Department For Education and Employment. Gillian Shephard's "dream come true" - the Department For Education and Employment -...
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Scientist calls for meteor monitor
The risk of humankind being devastated by the impact of a meteor is so great that a world network of telescopes should be built immediately to provide an early warning system, an astronomer said last...
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Numbers to find their own level
Tony Tysome summarises the Conservative Political Centre's draft report on Higher Education. The Conservatives' National Policy Group on Higher Education says its recommendations to the Government...
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Back to the future
Unlikely quote of the week - from a newish member of London University's staff: "It's great now that the students are back." Now there's one academic who has still to be acculturated.
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AUT urges probe into missing Alpha research cash
The Association of University Teachers has called on ministers to investigate drastic cuts in cash for top-rated Alpha research projects by the Medical Research Council. The MRC says a financial...
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Guildhall calls in consultants
London Guildhall University has called in consultants to assess plans to solve its long-term financial and accommodation problems. The university and the Higher Education Funding Council for England...
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Carling, the thinker
Alumni to be proud of No 11: Will Carling, the England rugby player whose reputation has been built on an unmatched ability to time his pass, took psychology at Hatfield College, Durham University....
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Big Issue boys
The latest edition of The Big Issue in Scotland quizzes some former graduates about their student past. George Robertson, shadow secretary of state for Scotland, asked what he is most proud of about...
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Organ grinding
Yet more proof that men are much more sensitive plants than women. Blue Stockings, Black Gowns, White Coats, a Glasgow University history of women in medicine by Johanna Geyer-Kordesch and Rona...