Cells learn of life beyond the dish
In a Californian laboratory, a two-year-old culture of living brain cells has been set loose in a virtual world. Scientists have been coaxing it to take an interest in the world beyond its dish and...
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Search for the dyslexia gene
The first genome-scale study looking for the genes that contribute to dyslexia has made a breakthrough that could lead to early diagnosis of this childhood learning difficulty. Simon Fisher and...
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Opening the door to young minds
Bradford University is launching a scheme next month to get children as young as eight involved in higher education. Geoff Layer, dean of the school of lifelong education, said: "In an inner city...
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Private set outshines state rivals
Germany's private higher education institutions are more successful than state universities and are a role model for reform, according to an evaluation by a high-ranking jury. Sixteen of the best-...
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Unesco plays quality umpire
Unesco should play a greater role in the promotion of global quality higher education, according to its assistant director-general for education, Sir John Daniel. "The hottest thing going on now in...
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Scholars mull over red past
A decade after the Soviet Union officially ceased to exist, Russian scholars are still divided over how to assess the legacy of 70 years of Soviet rule, and no more so than in education. At a high-...
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Czech Catholic faculty 'too conservative' even for Vatican
A theological faculty at Prague's Charles University could lose its accreditation after the Czech education ministry criticised the professional qualifications of its staff and their allegedly rigid...
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Strike looms amid deadlock
New Zealand's universities could be crippled by strike action when students return from the summer break in March. The university staff union said enterprise bargaining with vice-chancellors had...
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Kenya fights Aids denial
Up to a quarter of Kenya's undergraduates will die from Aids-related conditions before they can draw their third annual salary after graduation, according to the chairman of the National Aids Control...
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Vietnam battles to meet rising IT demand
Vietnam is stepping up efforts to train more than 15,000 information technology teachers in a desperate bid to meet development goals set for 2005. The acute teacher shortage is a major hurdle to...
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New year honours
KNIGHTS Richard Brook OBE, former chief executive of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, for services to science and engineering; Graeme Catto , president of the General Medical...
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Time for UK to leap off the fence onto the euro
Adopting the euro will give the UK and universities a chance to have more influence in the EU, says Juliet Lodge. Where is the United Kingdom in the great transition to a single currency that has...
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Talent needs a sporting chance
Widening participation has given university sports an opportunity that must not be squandered, says Richard Cox. The 18-22 age group is important for athletes in most sports. It may not be when they...
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Why I ...think intelligence cannot be tested
Intelligence is like creativity in that everyone wants it but no one seems able to say what it is. Its high status is confirmed by theories of questionable academic merit that nevertheless achieve...
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Time lords' ticking-off
Academics occupy that higher plane because their secretaries are rooted in reality, argues Valerie Atkinson. See that advancing university academic? The one with the big batch of letters to...