Fascinating losers
History may be written by the winners, but is it written about them? Keith Robbins's formidably inclusive Bibliography of British History 1914-89, recently published by OUP, lists 152 books and...
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Scholarships offer
Strathclyde University is offering scholarships to pupils in the most deprived areas of Glasgow, starting next session. The university has set up links with a number of secondary schools in areas...
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Throwing a spanner in the text
Physicist Alan Sokal was unconvinced by the abstractions of cultural studies. So he sent a spoof article to the discipline's leading US journal couched in the right jargon but, at heart, utter...
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One rule for the old and another for the new
There is one aspect of the Harris review of postgraduate work (THES, May 17) that seems to have gone almost unnoticed: the proposal to "freeze" the proportion of taught postgraduate students at...
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What some might say
The second report of the Nolan Committee on Standards in Public Life recommended that, where confidentiality clauses in severance agreements were "absolutely necessary", those signing them should be...
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French fear genes release
French researchers are spearheading an initiative to get governments and international organisations to impose a moratorium on the release of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the...
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Ecology unit eyes freedom
Edinburgh University's radical Centre for Human Ecology is considering re-establishing itself as a "Free University of Scotland" following its effective closure by the university court. The centre,...
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Survey highlights Britain's pluses and minuses
The United Kingdom outshines five international competitors at producing highly-qualified professionals, according to a survey by the Institute of Employment Studies. But the proportion of the...
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Viking hell
Better not let the Government know, but Dundee University's European studies department organised a highly successful bash to celebrate European Day earlier this month. Hundreds of visitors turned up...
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Ministers: minister
Scientists are entitled to feel gloomy this week: many years of work went bang on Tuesday and will take years to recover. But this week's report on research equipment (page 6) shows that less...
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It's not always good to talk
The amount of electromagnetic radiation produced by mobile telephones is below the level regarded as safe in Britain, according to research by Bradford University. Researcher Peter Excell said all...
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What a geek
Academics suffering from low self-esteem should stay out of earshot of Mark Jones, a specialist in Internet recruitment, if the Institute of Personnel and Development is to be believed. An IPD press...
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Kirk to enterprise
The Church of Scotland's education debate last week was enlivened by the tale of the kirk minister who turned up to address a Woman's Guild meeting, and found only three people in the audience. "Did...
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Circling around the Dearing ring
The gradual clarification of Labour's ideas on English regional governance may well provide a context for at least some of the issues which the Dearing committee will need to address. Having spent 25...
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Japanese enjoy their tipples too
Russians dying for a drink" by Zhores Medvedev (THES, July 12) contains a number of inaccurate comparisons making reference to Japan. Japanese living standards are not lower than those of Americans...