By hook or by Crooks
(Photograph) - By hook or by Crooks: 22-year-old Lara Crooks has become the University of Wolverhampton's first deaf student to achieve the National Pool Lifeguard qualification. She trained with the...
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A clean bill of health
The Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine welcomes and supports the serious and extensive coverage given to its field (THES Synthesis, January 20). However a number of points need to be...
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Tiller girls shortage
Julia Hinde reports from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle STRICT segregation of the sexes may have played a part in the decline of Athens, a...
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Does your lab need a helping hand?
(Photograph) - Does your lab need a helping hand? Deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine unveiled an 'incubator' for corporate ventures in biosciences at Manchester University this week. But...
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Weak grounds for coffee fears
Julia Hinde reports from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle If coffee was our worst vice, we would be in fine shape, says a leading medical academic...
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Strikes may hit again
THE spectre of industrial action returned to haunt universities this week as employers hinted that they may not support a pay review body for academic staff. The Association of University Teachers,...
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Freestyle policy limbo for students
Thousands of university students all over Italy are in a bureaucratic limbo because law courts, legislators and university authorities have failed to adopt a common policy on limited admission to...
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Audio visual
(Photograph) - Audio visual: The wonders of modern biomedical science will be brought to life this week in a new display at the Wellcome Centre for Medical Science in London. Containing eye-opening...
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Nurse training deal
Vice chancellors and National Health Service officials have reached an agreement over new arrangements for nurse training. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals and the NHS executive are...
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More v-cs get six appeal
The six-figure vice chancellor is close to becoming the norm as pay for heads of institutions continues to rise. This year's THES pay survey, the third, shows that 61 heads of institutions -...
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Open book on France
Max Beloff's critique of the French school system from a British point of view, and his friendly remarks about Anne Corbett are appreciated (THES, January 24). But why did he shut his eyes to the...
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Anti-corruption move
New measures to curb corruption in publicly funded institutions such as universities were expected to be announced this week. Roger Freeman, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was due to announce...
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The appliance of science potential
Science minister David Hunt announced the allocation of the Pounds 1.3 billion science budget yesterday. Mark Richmond argues against Government attempts to micro-manage research. It is now nearly...
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Big worry is study not cash
Students are suffering greater stress from course difficulties than from financial problems, according to a psychology lecturer. Evelyn Monks of Glasgow Caledonian University found that the majority...
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Pan pipes
(Photograph) - An orchestral composition called "Scenes from a Glasgow Kitchen" involving frying pans and other kitchen utensils was premiered by the University of Plymouth Orchestra last month. The...