Witch-hunts on agenda at conference
The fear of being branded a witch has not featured in western research into the barriers to women studying science, but it has emerged as an obstacle among female students in Ghana, writes Olga...
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Alzheimer's advance
Alzheimer's disease could be treated successfully by vitamin supplements, according to preliminary work by researchers at the University of Oxford. They plan to conduct clinical trials that could...
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Working farm women
Archeologists have unearthed evidence that women living in the Outer Hebrides in the 16th century did all the heavy farm work. Joanna Sofaer-Derevenski of the University of Cambridge examined the...
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Fornix and forgetting
Scientists at the University of Cardiff have identified why it is that amnesia can be caused by damage to either of two quite distinct parts of the brain by studying the role of the fornix, a pathway...
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Sense of self sets human beings apart
Pride, guilt and self-consciousness are uniquely human characteristics, the British Association annual science festival heard this week. Uta Frith of University College, London, made the claim after...
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A bold dash and grab
Lecturers at Matthew Boulton College of Further and Higher Education are upset at the size of the pay-off awarded to their former principal, Tony Colton, who officially left his post late last month...
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THES cleared by PCC over APU reports
Beleaguered Anglia Polytechnic University business school dean Hugh Jenkins has been unhappy about his management style being scrutinised in The THES. A sixth-month investigation by The THES has...
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On the move
Chris Gamble, 48, is to be the first woman director of the Royal Institute of International Affairs at Chatham House in London, a leading institute for the analysis of international issues. Now...
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Computer student brain drain
STUDENTS are turning their backs on computer science in the United States despite their computer fluency and an abundance of well-paid jobs. The shortage in computing graduates has pushed average...
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Glittering Prizes
Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party and now a European Commissioner, and his wife Glenys Kinnock, MEP for South-east Wales, have received honorary fellowships from the University of Wales...
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Don's Diary
Weekend David West, my assistant, rings every hour to assure me that everything is organised for the Clintons and the Blairs to dedicate Springvale Educational Village in West Belfast on Thursday. By...
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The THES diary
Sit. still vac. The colourful former Association of Colleges chief executive Roger Ward was always going to be a hard act to follow. But nine months after his departure in disgrace the post has had...
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In the news
Ever since he defended sewing up kittens' eyes to conduct experiments on vision, animal activists have plagued British Association president Colin Blakemore, along with his wife, three children and...
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V-cs go on election offensive for youth
AUSTRALIAN vice-chancellors are mounting a big publicity campaign for the October 3 general election to get voters' backing for a bigger universities' budget. The AVCC said it would be advertising in...
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Chinese girl power
CHINESE girls are starting to storm male academic bastions. Only about half the students who sit the national university entrance exam traditionally win a place but this year it seems girls did...