All genned up, nowhere to go
What is the point of a PhD? Is it a step towards an academic career, or simply a contribution to knowledge, asks Alan Macmillan. Social science PhDs need a clearer purpose. At the demand of the...
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Demand for MRes takes off
The graduate scramble for places on the controversial MRes degree has taken the research councils by surprise and been cautiously welcomed by other higher education bodies. The embattled MRes was the...
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Final Word
This week's Final Word comes from a contemporary of Thomas Paine: "Thus had France grown up, and sickened on the corruption of a state diseased. But, as in medicine there is a species of complaint in...
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Ropa cash for 'second rate'
Academics and industrialists charged with assessing research proposals for Realising Our Potential, a multimillion-pound Government award scheme, are worried about the quality of work being funded....
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Myth of gene god exploded
The Health and Safety Commission has dismissed as "science fiction" fears that genetic engineering will lead to the creation of "mermaids and dinosaurs", writes Kam Patel. Launching a report by the...
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Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division
(Photograph) - Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division is excavating a very rare Neolithic settlement thought to be more than 5,000 years old in the middle of a...
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Thieves target college accounts
At least six colleges in the south-east were targeted by a sophisticated fraud operation over the summer vacation, it emerged this week. The Further Education Funding Council swung into action on...
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Disposable assets
Should we recycle paper? Roland Clift and David Pearce disagree about the most economical and environmental way of getting rid of rubbish. The paper industry is investing in recycling. The recent...
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Right turns
The fascists are back - but the old thugs have been joined by new activists sporting blue blazers over their black shirts. Roger Eatwell reports. As the Russian armies neared the Fuhrerbunker in late...
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What happened to August?
There was a time when you knew it was August. Its start was signalled by the publication of a major document by the old Department of Education and Science on which comments were required by the end...
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Don's Diary
FRIDAY. Cycling to the airport, I remember at least five important things I did not do before finishing work. Make two phone calls from departure lounge sorting out three of them. On the plane relive...
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Start all over again
I am a chauvinist regarding my academic home, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, United States, and, in spite of the nasty budget cuts we are suffering, the 30th anniversary of its creation by...
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Gambling on a tick in the right boxes
Mohammed Al-Mousawi (THES, September 1) may have revealed prejudice in the medical school admissions procedure but it is not linked to race. Gareth Harrison (predicted four As and one B) was offered...
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Clinton's civilian corps gets rough ride
United States politics being an ugly game, it was predictable that Congress Republicans should get accountants to pick apart Bill Clinton's pet AmeriCorps programme. Under the programme, launched by...
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Second chance gets third degree
A bill proposing that Israeli universities accept any undergraduate candidate who has passed the high-school matriculation exam has raised fears of longer degree courses. The parliamentary education...