Doctors threaten strikes
Deans of medicine in Australia are in conflict with the Australian Medical Association and young doctors over federal government plans to cut the number of general practitioners. University deans...
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Coppice solution to energy shortage
Iola Smith While England's willows are inextricably linked with wicker baskets or the sound of ball on cricket bat, a Bristol University project aims to develop them as a solution to Europe's timber...
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Shrimp link to vent life
The larval habits of a bizarre blind shrimp that lives 3,000 feet below the surface of the sea may provide the only link between life around volcanoes on the ocean floor, known as hydrothermal vents...
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'Hanky' vision explained
Scanning tunnelling microscopes (STMs) have provided scientists with the ability to see and even manipulate individual atoms. But do the images they produce actually reflect reality? Andrew Fisher, a...
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Depression deeper than we think
Half of all depression in patients visiting their family doctors goes undiagnosed, according to the early results of a psychiatric study carried out at Southampton University. This revelation was...
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Serpent is core of a religion
The Rainbow Serpent painted by Australian Aborigines could be the world's oldest religious icon, new research has revealed. A study in the Arnhem Land region of the Northern Territory found the...
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Egg racers and paint makers get SET
Instrument makers and circus performers are among 61 winners this week of Royal Society grants for activities during the 1997 National Week of Science, Engineering and Technology. In total Pounds 80,...
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CV query man goes on leave
A Durham University college principal whose work permit application and Who's Who entry contained misleading information is to take leave of absence. Duane Arnold, principal of St Chad's college,...
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Students take to the airwaves
British student radio does not have a proud history compared with the United States. There stations are vibrant, professional operations, while here they are mostly low-budget, part-time outfits that...
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Scots tell Dearing 'no top-ups'
Scottish principals have come out strongly against top-up fees in their submission to the Dearing inquiry into higher education. But they warn that if the Government does not put a moratorium on...
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UCL fears growing state role
University College London has threatened to boycott higher education quality assurance proposals amid fears that they will boost state control at the expense of institutions' academic freedom. UCL...
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Water works
Alumnus to be proud of No:73 is that consummate quangocrat, Brandon Gough, chairman of the Higher Education Funding Council for England. He recently attained the unique distinction for a HEFCE chief...
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In training
Any place deserving of the name "university" is keen to show that it is going places. But isn't the new Liverpool John Moores University Express taking things a little far? London-bound passengers...
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Closure staved off
Rotherham College of Arts and Technology pulled back from the brink of closure with the aid of a tough recovery plan and a troubleshooting neighbour. Speculation mounted this summer over its imminent...
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Call for rethink on pay for job losses
Hard-up colleges anticipating future redundancies have forced the Further Education Funding Council to consider reviving its restructuring scheme. The announcement last week that De la Salle sixth-...