Bird brain clue to memory riddle
A study of chicks' eating tastes has identified a molecule that affects their memory, which could provide a breakthrough in the quest to treat Alzheimer's disease. We are our memories. In old age we...
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Faith, hope and parity
Simon Lee tells Simon Targett why he gave up a law chair to run a higher education institute. It was like old times. As soon as the IRA returned to London, Simon Lee was back on the radio. After...
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Catcher of the wry
American campus chronicler Alison Lurie talks to Tim Cornwell. The first tale in Alison Lurie's last book, a volume of short stories, Women and Ghosts, features a professor named Gregor Spiegelman....
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OU favours firm approach
Business school executives at the Open University are introducing company-style seminars in a move which could make the good old tutorial a thing of the past. This summer, the 1,250 first-stage...
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Cut to the quick
The search for cuts is reaching new heights at the Open University where noticeboards are carrying an advertisement for the post of guillotine operative.
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Danger in appliance of science - Klug
Royal Society president Aaron Klug has warned the Government against over-centralisation in setting priorities for the science base. Sir Aaron said this week that the over-emphasis by Government on...
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Welsh cut just 2%
Welsh universities and colleges have suffered an overall real-terms cut of 2 per cent in their funding allocations for 1996/97, and some have taken reductions of over 5 per cent. Figures released...
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Seed of an idea: Colin Ferris
(Photograph) - Seed of an idea: Colin Ferris, lecturer in ecology at Leicester University, has collected hundreds of acorns from local oaks and planted them on the roof of a university building. He...
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Don's Diary
MONDAY. "Today's Monday, today's MondayI" as the monotonous 1960s song said. But in my case it is not the washing but a 9.15am lecture. I have taken over, mid-term, from a colleague on the basic...
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Europe aims for just Aids approach
European Union countries should adopt a libertarian and progressive policy towards people with HIV and Aids, in contrast to the United States model which tends towards draconian measures in its...
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Campus security is a key issue
All of us in universities are ambivalent about safety and security on our campuses. We expect to be hermetically sealed against thieves, drug pushers and peeping toms but we resent any obvious...
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Cuts hamper search for quality
Universities and colleges still face serious challenges in improving quality management, according to a report out today. But funding cuts may hamper their attempts to tackle weaknesses, say the...
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Kingsway pair seeks review
A former student union president expelled and a fellow officer suspended from Kingsway College were to appear before the Legal Aid Board yesterday to seek support for a judicial review of their case...
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Scots lead student U-turn
Student moderates are increasingly hopeful that the National Union of Students will abandon its traditional call for the restoration of full grants at its Blackpool conference next week, following a...