Thanks to Japan for the memory
A Pounds 4 million agreement between Edinburgh University and a leading Japanese drug company may lead to better treatment for stroke victims and people suffering from neurodegenerative illnesses...
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Welsh tie to tropics
The ecology of tropical coastal zones is the subject of an unique joint between the University of Wales and Khulna University in Bangladesh. The British Council and the Overseas Development...
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Evolution of pop scientists
Why is Jon Turney so sour about John Brockman and so scornful of his authors (THES, May 10)? Brockman's achievement is to have persuaded regular scientists to write for a general audience. That has...
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Trainspotting
In the week of the Railtrack flotation there can really be only one alumnus to be proud of. No 50 in our series is the man who back in the 1960s began the process the Government is now bent on...
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Particle blast-off
Another year, another Forward Look, that tome of statistics and statements on Government policy on science, engineering and technology across all departments. This year, though, the cash-strapped...
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Cambridge's dreaming aspirers attack outdated promotions system
Cambridge University dons are up in arms over the university's outdated professorial promotions system, condemning it as "humiliating", riven by "favouritism" and tarnished by "skulduggery". Senior...
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Funding allocations to colleges 1996/97
A listing of 1996/7 funding allocations to UK further education colleges, arranged in alphabetical order, appeared in The Times Higher Education Supplement today. It is not available on the database.
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Postgrad funding plans under fire
Martin Harris, vice chancellor of Manchester University, has moved to quell the anger of new university and college heads over funding proposals in his review of postgraduate education. Vice...
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Women fear losing local power
The restructuring of local government has many vocal critics. The explicit aim may have been to improve cost-effectiveness and accountability, but opponents claim that it will weaken local democracy...
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Governors confess to self-assessment failure
College governing boards have admitted to serious weaknesses in their processes of self-assessment, according to the results of a survey published this week. In the first national study of quality in...
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Funding should be linked to fair play
I was very interested to read your coverage of Gasper Vahramian's battle through the legal system to obtain his City and Guilds photography course certificate (THES, July 12). I noted both the time...
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Copenhagen keen on bio centre
The University of Copenhagen has unveiled plans to create a large bio-technological research centre to open at the start of the next millenniium. To be located next to the University Hospital, the...
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Have a cigarette, you're sacked
College managers forced to sack staff are advised to choose the middle of the day, the middle of the week and an office where smoking is allowed. These tips are included in guidelines published this...
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Lab culture
What is an anthropologist doing in a genetics lab? Jon Turney asks Paul Rabinow to explain. If I was patient enough, I always learned something from things they didn't like." So says Paul Rabinow...