Notes to pull heart-strings
Aisling Irwin and Juliet Vickery report from the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Birmingham The indefinable artistry that makes one musician's performance more moving than...
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Park builds on Wallace and Grommit
Institutions in the south west are creating a united front - but they are not necessarily all doing the same thing. An eight-year-old scheme to build Britain's largest science park on the outskirts...
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Spare theory
The forthcoming special issue of American Political Quarterly will describe six different election forecasting models. Pity it has turned down the model proffered by one Harvard academic who bases...
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Stubbing out the truth
As the extent of British science's collusion with the tobacco giants becomes clear, American medic Stanton Glantz tells of his battle for academic freedom and the right to publish secret documents...
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Surprise organ of offence
The ugly snobbery of Laurie Taylor's piece (THES, August 23) was breathtaking. I do not believe that you can hide behind the defence of "take a joke", "it's only a caricature", or "look what he says...
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UCL steps up to world class
University College London took another step towards creating one of the largest university medical schools in the world after merging this week with the Institute of Child Health in Great Ormond...
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Irish degree council rapped on spending
Ireland's degree-awarding body could cut its annual budget by almost a half and still provide colleges with a better service, according to a team of independent consultants which investigated its...
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Scots get their voice
THES reporters turn the spotlight on the working groups set up so far by Sir Ron Dearing as part of his inquiry into the future of higher education. Dearing's Scottish committee has a radically...
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Regions shun sport academy
Senior academics have strongly criticised the proposed British Academy of Sport, claiming it could become a "white elephant" and starve other sport sectors of funding. Margaret Talbot, head of sport...
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Panhandle alley
Idealism is not dead among young academics. One participant in the poster sessions at the American Political Science Association conference in San Francisco displayed a cardboard placard of the kind...
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Blair treads worn US path
Much has been made of the "special relationship" between the major political parties in the United States and the United Kingdom in recent years. But the contacts between the Republicans and...
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Golden boy
Alumnus to be proud of no 65 is John T. Myers, a Republican member of the House of Representatives from Indiana recently rated by George magazine as one of the top-10 pork-barrelers (securer of...
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Deal struck with Mexico
Britain's burgeoning vocational education industry should enjoy a multi-million consultancy bonanza following the British Council's success in striking a Pounds 283,000 deal with the Mexican...
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Vice police rely on netiquette, not legislation
Censorship of the Internet is impossible and decisions made about the computer network must reflect this reality, according to a University of Kent academic. Duncan Langford, a computing fellow, said...
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Students to cash and carry credits
The practice of awarding academic credit to students is common in most universities and in many colleges. The award of credit has enabled institutions to recognise incremental progress towards named...