Primate suspect
The sexual appetites of the sacred monkeys of India brought feminism and fame to oil heiress Sarah Hrdy. Lucy Hodges profiles her When Sarah Hrdy set out as a postgraduate student to study the sacred...
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Whitehall's superconductor
Robert May tells Martyn Kelly how he helped bring order to scientific chaos The Government's new Chief Scientific Adviser is, if the headline writers are to be believed, about to bring chaos to the...
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Portsmouth court
Portsmouth University, whose governors have been criticised by an independent inquiry, is planning to set up a higher court of appeal under the chancellor for board members and possibly other staff....
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Art's unhappy eaters
El Greco, painter of tall, thin figures and Holbein, painter of shorter, stockier ones, may have suffered from eating disorders which distorted their images of body shape, a psychologist suggested...
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Action on standards
Vice chancellors may move towards uniform degree standards when they meet in Belfast next week. The annual residential meeting of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals will receive an...
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Action on standards
The proportion of students taken on to foundation courses after failing their A levels is tiny, the Higher Education Quality Council has told the Government. A report ordered by Gillian Shephard,...
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Action on standards
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council's determination to be the main quality watchdog for universities north of the border seems to have derailed plans for a UK-wide single quality agency, at...
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National Trust failure
The National Trust has failed to save fast-disappearing landscapes or to boost rural economies sufficiently, the director of the centre for the rural economy at Newcastle University, is set to say...
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Baby boom
Higher and further education institutions are being targetted this week by a national campaign to improve child-care facilities for students and staff. The Association of University Teachers, Natfhe...
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Science competition
Science minister Ian Taylor this week launched a competition to reward industry-university collaboration in science, engineering and technology. The competition will award prizes worth a total of...
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Students press for reforms
More than 100 student union officers have formed a pressure group to lobby the National Union of Students for a "more realistic" policy on education funding. The group, New Solutions, hopes to pave...
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Non-lethal weapons top UN hit-list
Analysts in new weapons technology from Bradford University are expected today to urge the United Nations to issue a complete ban on the use of "inhumane" weapons, including lasers that blind...
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Poor students rush for advice
Scottish Citizens Advice Bureaux have seen a marked increase in students with financial problems, according to a report this week. Poverty by Degrees says: "Bureaux throughout Scotland have reported...
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Here for Das Bier
Sheffield University's newsletter is highlighting a German pub evening, which it explains is intended for anyone interested in the German language or culture, and who wants to exchange ideas, new...