Sheila still making waves
Yesterday's sexists are today's printists, fearful of electronic creativity. Language guru Dale Spender gossipls with Jennifer Wallace We're on the verge of a huge educational revolution," observes...
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Higher channels
John Davies scans the weekly schedules for TV and radio programmes of academic relevance. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the Week Science at War (Thursday 9.25 BBC2). Documentary about germ...
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Why Theologians should believe
Since theologians reflect upon what the church does and should practise in the light of the scriptures, it is nonsense for a theologian not to believe in what the church affirms (ie the Virgin birth...
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Why Theologians should believe
Theology is an attempted articulation of the nature of God and of everything else in relation to God. If you are an atheist then this subject matter is an illusion, although genuine atheism, which is...
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Do academic theologians have to believe in God?
Should a professor be barred from teaching theology students if he renounces Christianity? This is what could happen to radical theologian Gerd Ludemann, professor of the New Testament at the...
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Models from Manchester
Universities will soon be invited to bid for a share of the Pounds 25 million to set up eight Enterprise Institutes. The Department of Trade and Industry said details would be available in December....
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12,000 sign up to Labour's New Deal
More than 12,000 young people have signed up to full-time training and education options under the government's New Deal for the young unemployed, employment minister Andrew Smith confirmed late last...
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Brown's enterprise flagships
Higher education is to spearhead a revitalised enterprise culture in the United Kingdom with a package of measures designed to turn scientific discoveries into jobs. In his autumn pre-budget...
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Mission to Mars gets money extension
British plans to send a robotic lander to Mars in search of signs of life came a step closer this week as the European Space Agency gave the project the initial go-ahead. Colin Pillinger of the Open...
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Montreal
A liberal arts education poses no handicap for job-seekers, according to a Canadian study. Labour economist Robert Allen found recent Canadian graduates in social sciences and humanities have a 2.5...
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Message from the ministry
The government wants to create a new enterprise culture. Three ministers went on message this week to tell universities and colleges to get vocational David Blunkett The education secretary told the...
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China aims to lead
China has just created its largest university by merging four universities in eastern Zhejiang. Zhejiang University combines the old Zhejiang University with the province's medical and agricultural...
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More power in new synchrotron
Britain's new synchrotron source will cost about Pounds 170 million to build, science minister Lord Sainsbury told the House of Commons science and technology committee. The source will replace the...
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British Council upholds chief's belt-tightening
The shock departure this week of British Council director-general David Drewry will not affect the fundamental strategic review he initiated, the council said this week. The board endorsed his...
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Physicists pay survey reveals divide
University researchers are the most lowly paid of all physicists, according to a survey commissioned by the Institute of Physics. It found that researchers earn a median salary of Pounds 21,000....