Baa-baa black sheep flock to vets' aid
A flock of Scottish black-faced sheep is helping scientists at Glasgow University's veterinary school in their battle to beat the scourge of parasites in the animal. The research team, headed by Mike...
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Scottish quango appointments to go public
The Scottish Office is proposing to seek external advice on appointments to the boards of six educational quangos, including the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. Michael Forsyth, secretary...
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Locked Net mania
Internet enthusiasts who attended City University's recent NetMedia conference found that academic space is even more complex than cyberspace. The only way to the Geary Lecture Theatre where many...
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He had hatred thrust upon him
Gerard DeGroot argues that we still need Field Marshal Haig to be a great villain. On February 3 1928, the British paid their respects to a departed hero. Crowds lined London streets as the funeral...
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Alcoholic proof
While they are unable to match the spectacular, if unplanned, firework display staged by the European Space Agency a few weeks ago, the good folk at Cern have always prided themselves on having...
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Autumn of discontent
Autumn strikes look set to hit old and new universities for the first time as unions join forces in protest at "paltry" pay offers and higher education funding cuts. Tom Wilson, assistant general...
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Fables from a Russian lair
In the last of our series on favourite films, Keith Griffiths savours the richness of Yuri Norstein's Tale of Tales. The Russian filmmaker Yuri Norstein has made only a handful of short animated...
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Australians share sandwich with Europe
Australian students will undertake work-integrated-learning with industry and business organisations in Europe, while European students will do the same in Australia through a co-operative programme...
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Benefit fraudsters worried, not greedy
Disillusionment with the welfare state rather than selfishness is pushing people into fiddling their benefits, according to University of Luton researchers. Interviews with 35 self-confessed benefit...
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Overseas boom
The number of overseas students at British universities and colleges increased by 42 per cent from 1993/94 to 1994/95, according to figures released by the British Council this week. In 1994 Britain...
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Threads bared
(Photograph) - Threads bared: Peter Bowcott with his Lines and Curves IV at Nottingham Trent's first arts festival.
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US drop-out rate hits high
Drop-out rates at United States colleges have reached a record high. The figures have increased as private universities have reached lower down the financial scale to recruit students. In 1995 nearly...
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Seven win as Bar loses grip
Oxford and the major legal centres of Manchester and Birmingham became the also-rans this week in a race to extend barrister training beyond London. The Bar Council's choice of seven institutions...