French research puts accent on wealth creation
France's public research funding will be channelled towards wealth-creating sectors under plans set out this month. But angry researchers are calling this a way of "transferring public funds to the...
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Protection for genome near
Protection of the human genome went a step further this month when the draft of a universal declaration on the human genome and human rights was adopted by the International Bioethics Committee at...
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Frauds in the flowerbed
Genetic fingerprinting is to help combat counterfeit varieties of plants in garden centres across Europe. Researchers in Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands and France are collaborating on a Pounds...
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Challenge of the novel
THES reporters survey today's higher education sector to spot tomorrow's growing points. Britain's higher education system has expanded beyond all recognition in recent years, yet there are still...
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MPs back fees rally
The Committee of Vice Chancellor and Principals has been accused of "holding a gun" to the heads of students over tuition fees. Chris Faddy, president of the University of Huddersfield student union...
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Lecturer brushes up Welsh
An academic appointed to a Welsh-language lectureship by the University of Wales, Bangor, has stopped teaching for a year while she takes Welsh lessons. Surrey-born Pam Michael, who has learned to...
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Caped crusader
(Photograph) - Batman Sarah Bundie scales the law faculty at Birmingham University to raise money for the renovation of the Great Hall
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German tops minority league
A comparative study of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Union's 48 minority languages identifies German spoken in Belgium and Italy, and counted as a minority language by the EU...
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Chinese whispers
One or two facts are likely to have been missing from a fact-finding tour for Chinese educationists around British further education colleges last week. Organised by the Association of Colleges, it...
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Upwards and backwards
(Photograph) - Dr Bill Barnes of Exeter University, seen here in Kitley Caves, Devon, is using laser analysis of stalagmites to map historic weather patterns. His team have found evidence of the...
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Time for genuflection
So what are the real benefits of becoming a professor? Kathy Burk, newly ensconced in a history chair at University College, London, enlivened a highly entertaining inaugural on Anglo-American...
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Sectors turn into rivals
Further and higher education are fighting it out for the non-traditional student market, according to a study published today. The study, The FE/HE Interface: A UK Perspective, says some new...
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Drama student reprieve
The Government has announced a Pounds 36 million scheme to help dance and drama students cover the cost of their training. The money, which will be spread over three years from 1997/98, is to be...
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Readership inflation
Cambridge University is facing protests from some leading dons about the recent tripling in the number of readerships. They fear that the policy of raising the proportion of readerships to the...