Job in space for metal detectives
Why bother asking astronomers to detect life in space? According to Alexey V Arkhipov of the Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkhov, Ukraine, people with metal detectors might be a better bet....
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Charter trip
A charter campaign was launched yesterday to push Nene College's bid to become a university. The campaign is supported by local government, Northamptonshire firms and public bodies.
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Shot in the arm
Academics who wish to start biotechnology companies could get help from the Medical Research Council, which is setting up a seed investment fund. It hopes to raise Pounds 25 million to help establish...
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MP raises alarm over Swansea
Alan Williams, the MP for Swansea West, has alerted the National Audit Office to the overseas franchise operations of Swansea Institute of Higher Education. His action this week coincides with the...
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Scottish Dearing
The Scottish committee of the Dearing inquiry will comprise Sir Ron Garrick, chief executive of the Weir Group, chairman; John Arbuthnott, principal of Strathclyde University; Sir James Armour,...
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Russian elections fail to dampen pioneer spirit
Russian academics have little to fear from a communist victory in the country's presidential campaign if the experience of Volgograd, which swung to the party in local elections last year, is an...
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Howl win?
The question was: "If you subtract five from 87 as many times as you can what will you get in the end? One boy answered: "I get 82 each time." Association of University Teachers' general secretary...
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Audit blasts institute's foreign links
The Higher Education Quality Council is highly critical of Southampton Institute of Higher Education's overseas links in its audit report published this week. It was due to be discussed by governors...
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Bannister bullish about sports scholarships
Sir Roger Bannister is confident that money needed for the sports scholarship scheme he recommended this week will be made available. The Report of the Working Group of University Sports Scholarships...
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Bridge builders
The number of women studying architecture has risen from 26 per cent of the total last year to 31 per cent for 1995/96, according to the Royal Institute of British Architects. There were 2,315...
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Cancer cure hope
The possibility of curing cancer is no longer a pipe dream according to Dundee University researcher David Lane. Professor Lane has won international recognition for discovering the tumour suppressor...
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Students connect to careers on Net
Three-quarters of Britain's students already use the Internet and 30 per cent of them seek careers advice in this way according to research by the Manchester-based Central Services Unit. The CSU,...
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Nigerian murder protests
Nigerian student leaders declared a day of mourning this week for Kudirat Abiola, the murdered senior wife of the detained opposition leader, and other detained and assassinated pro-democracy...
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A shot in the dark
Scientists have jumped the gun in saying that environmental pollutants will cause the infertility of the human race. Where is the evidence? asks Gillian Bentley. The public could hardly be blamed for...