Con on the barbarian
Archaeologist Simon James has been called an English nationalist and been accused of perpetrating genocide. Why? Because he dared to argue that the Celts never actually existed. Barry Cunliffe sorts...
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A lost civilisation?
Challenging the historical basis of Celtic identity is a hazardous pastime. Some have accused me of pursuing a clandestine English nationalist or racist agenda, of perpetrating 'genocide' and '...
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A time and emotion study
Forget IQ, whatseparates stars from ploddersin the workplace is emotional intelligence. Ayala Ochert meets the man who wants academics to teach EQ In the beginning the word was IQ. Everyone believed...
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The lords of the flies
Flies, like us, have genes for time, love and memory. Scientists are already manipulating them. And it won't be long before they are able to do this for people too, says Jonathan Weiner My father is...
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He saw that it was good
Rodney Brooks is trying to build a human. He tells Kathryn Jackson what it is like to play God Thirty years ago an Australian boy was given two books: The How and Why Book of Electricity and The How...
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Anything we can do, it can do better
Kismet is the world's first baby robot. Part of the larger Cog project, it has been created by Cynthia Breazeal to have meaningful social and emotional exchanges with humans. Though still a work-in-...
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War worn
(Photograph) - Fashion students at Leeds College of Art and Design launch a new range of clothing whose design has been inspired by artefacts at the city's Royal Armouries Museum. Photograph by...
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Use of asbestos by the University of Bangor
* The Health and Safety Executive has launched a criminal inquiry into the alleged illegal use of asbestos by the University of Bangor's estates department.
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The return of Jewish studies
Moscow Subjects once banned from the Soviet university curriculum have been established in the heart of Russia's most famous university. The Jewish Studies Centre at Moscow State University's...
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Star Turn
An 18-kilo python with septicaemia? No problem for Edinburgh Zoo's veterinary surgeon Anna Meredith. Olga Wojtas met her Zaila Dunbar has an excellent bedside manner, picking up the patient and...
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Agony aunt
Q I am staring at a growing pile of exam scripts and wondering if there is any hope of marking them objectively.Any advice would be very welcome A Cliff Jones Director of continuing professional...
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ATL confronts college bullying problem
Bullying in colleges is on the increase, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers said this week. The ATL has issued a guide for members who face bullying at work and set up a helpline on 08705 234...
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Correction
* Westhill College is planning to enter into a strategic alliance with the University of Birmingham, and is not merging with the University of Central England as reported in The THES last week. We...
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Pay fight threatens Labour proposal
Leaks of the imminent Bett report on university pay galvanise teachers' unions Lecturers are prepared to sink the government's plans to widen participation in higher education unless they get more...
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Damning TQA report for Wigan
Quality chiefs' fears that further education colleges are failing to provide adequate higher education courses have been exacerbated by a damning new teaching quality assessment, writes Phil Baty....