The missed of time
Dundee University's department of modern history this week launched the new Tayside and Fife Historical Research Institute. Chris Whatley, head of Dundee's department of modern history, explained...
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In hot pursuit of cold stars
The mysterious, middle stages of star formation, which are shrouded from the astronomer because they happen inside a huge dust cloud, will be revealed by the European Space Agency's Infrared Space...
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Chips down for old Soviet-bloc clerics
Cutbacks in spending by the Church of England could endanger a scholarship scheme for clerics and theological students from the former Communist bloc, according to Canon Michael Bordeaux. He raised...
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Fears grow over rush to publish
Huw Richards, in the third part of our series on the Research Assessment Exercise, examines book production. A deluge of new books is likely in the first quarter of 1996 as publishers respond to the...
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Chancellor choice queried
(Photograph) - The debate over the election and role of the university chancellor was gaining momentum this week at Huddersfield University, which has been without one since last December. The search...
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Clue to Down's heart riddle
Molecular geneticists at Imperial College have provided a clue to what goes wrong when babies with Down's syndrome are born with heart defects. Nearly half of all babies with the syndrome are born...
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Senator swings loan scythe
The American Council on Education, which represents more than 1,500 colleges and universities, was engaged last week in an all out effort to stave off cuts in student loan assistance amid the battle...
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Bashed spuds spur pioneers
Britain's potato industry is rooting for researchers at Nottingham Trent University in their bid to understand what causes potatoes to become bruised. Rejecting such potatoes costs the industry...
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Racial strife seeps on to campus
With the United States awash with talk of racial divides, the fallout from events like the OJ Simpson trial and the million man march on Washington are making themselves felt in the nation's campuses...
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Germany gears up for biotech top spot
The German research ministry has launched a campaign to make the country's biotechnology research the best in Europe. Research minister Jurgen Ruttgers told a meeting of experts: "Biotechnology will...
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Wrong move for probation training
The Home Office's decision to remove probation training from higher education is indeed a regrettable one (THES, October 6). It cannot but have the effect of diminishing the status and influence of...
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New Left marches on albeit minus masters
Fred Inglis relies upon nostalgic reminiscence rather than intelligent analysis. His argument neglects two important points. First, the intellectual and political conditions in which academic work is...
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New Left marches on albeit minus masters
Inglis decries the loss of writing that seems to come from the heart, that touches the soul of the people, that is informed by experience. He acknowledges that this was an almost wholly male...