Oxbridge links up with Met office and Oxheading
Computer-generated weather forecasts could become more accurate thanks to an initiative just launched by the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in collaboration with the Meteorological Office....
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Astronomers lose vital eye in the sky
A prolific astronomical satellite, which was launched on a three-year mission in 1978 but is still active, is to be shut down in six weeks' time because of funding problems. The International...
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Mature policy pays dividends
Richard Disney argues that the UK, unlike its international competitors, is not facing a crisis from an ageing population thanks to radical cutbacks in social security provision and the increasing...
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Green killer
(Photograph) - Green killer: Philip Howse, joint head of the centre for bio-electrostatics at Southampton University, shows off his environmentally-friendly cockroach trap, which uses an...
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Grief is carved in stone
Sandra Gilbert discovered the anguish behind the bland term 'medical malpractice' when her husband died after a routine operation. But grief, she found, could be both muse and stone companion....
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Crushed in the machine
G. R. Evans speaks up for the academic freedoms of the individual. I work in an institution where any of the academic staff can stand up and make a speech in the university's "parliament", which is...
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Churches not cross at the crossing
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
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Tensions in fees alliance
Vice chancellors and the National Union of Students made clear the strength of the alliance forged in the campaign to defend higher education, as the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals met...
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Cancer verdict
The Cancer Research Campaign is expected to announce today whether it will stop funding future research at Cambridge University. This follows the university's acceptance of a Pounds 1.6 million...
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Ignore the party, think new term
The start of the academic year - shudders of apprehension combined with anticipation. Pity the poor admissions people, accommodation officers and print rooms. Registrars who take in too many students...
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Don't wait, tap the vat for students
Might I suggest that graduates enjoy tax-free status to make up for tuition fees and losses in earnings between the minimum school leaving age and graduation. If the Government believes that there is...
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Colleges face rebel swell
Gang rivalry, swearing and joy-riding are spilling from the streets into further education colleges as their student intake expands. Potential flashpoints range from care in the community patients to...
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Writing on the wall for theses
Universities have been asked to consider reviewing their PhD programmes in the light of new evidence showing that the traditional thesis-based approach may be out of date. A UK Council for Graduate...
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Taking a chance on sport
The Northwest is the United Kingdom's 'academopolis', boasting the highest concentration of students in Europe. Harriet Swain and Alison Utley look at how institutions are working to give the region'...
