Agony aunt
Q: Are we any nearer a computer system that meets the assessment needs of students, lecturers, administrators and technical staff? A: You hate marking. Students don't much like the assessment process...
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Get maths to really add up for students
Universities bemoan the poor quality of maths candidates, but lecturers can do more to help understanding by showing students the importance of making connections between ideas, says Peter Kahn....
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Cutting Edge: George Thompson
Corrosion is not necessarily a problem, it can also be used to our advantage. My headmaster said I was the first boy to go to Nottingham University from Alsop High School, Liverpool. I studied pure...
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Double funding scheme planned
Research in poor EU regions could receive a boost, Keith Nuthall reports. Regional funding from the European Union that is designed to boost the economy of Europe's poorest regions could be funnelled...
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A dusty end to the Turkish drought
Saharan sand may help to create artificial snowstorms that refill the reservoirs, Dorian Jones says. What does Saharan desert dust have in common with snow? Quite a lot, says Cemal Saydam, deputy...
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Plumbing the depths of Bath's rocky past
Scientists have discovered a lost landscape that may explain Bath's hot springs. Steve Farrar reports. Buried beneath the Somerset countryside is a remarkable piece of plumbing. Every day, it...
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Ex-dean voted panel chair
Labour MP Ian Gibson has been elected chairman of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, despite initial opposition from party whips. His appointment was confirmed during the...
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Dotcom spin-off sells rest of shares
Shares in an Australian-based domain-name company that were once worth A$122 million (£44 million) have been sold by the University of Melbourne for A$4.89 million. The university established...
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Initiative to tackle racism
Witness days for ethnic minority staff in universities to speak about their experiences and suggest strategies for tackling discrimination and blocks to promotion, could form part of a new drive for...
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ILA scheme grew too fast to afford
The government has admitted that the individual learning account programme, shut down without warning last month, had "expanded beyond its capacity". The programme, launched in September last year,...
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Latest news
£380m injection for UK science Science projects are to receive £380 million of government funding over the next ten years. Science minister Lord Sainsbury made the announcement following a meeting of...
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From today's UK papers
Government to reform university funding Ministers want an end to "one size fits all" funding for up to 100 institutions in England so that the government can reward universities for excellence in...
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Courtroom without the John Grisham drama
The Holocaust on Trial
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Picking holes in litany of loss
Crisis, what environmental crisis? Eric Neumayer examines the facts. Rarely has an essentially academic book created as much media attention as Bjorn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist . One...
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New Whig's soapy sequel
A History of Britain