Key players plot rise of stem cells
Big names from science, industry and Government met privately this week to discuss how to ramp up spending on stem-cell research and thrust it into the limelight in the forthcoming general election....
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Tory policy is 'stupid', says party defector
Robert Jackson, the Wantage MP who defected from the Tories to Labour, has accused his former party of "ignorance and stupidity" over its higher education policies. Mr Jackson predicted that...
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Vintage spread proves to be sorry substitute for superior Burgundy
A retired psychology lecturer has volunteered for scientific experiments after a stroke robbed him of the ability to enjoy the flavour of his favourite wines and food, writes Steve Farrar. Simon...
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Dropout fear over bumper bursaries
The lure of large university bursaries could prompt higher drop- out rates among students, university heads warned this week. Vice-chancellors are concerned that promises of upfront cash from...
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Revamped RAE fails to win over medics and engineers
Engineering and medical researchers voiced fears this week that the "new-look" research assessment exercise would do little to protect their disciplines from further funding cuts. The Higher...
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Regional fears rock 'super-union' merger
Plans to create an academic super-union may unravel unless regional officials are more fully involved, the Association of University Teachers and lecturers' union Natfhe were warned this week. The...
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More than half can't cope with job stress
The shocking extent of how far universities fall below the benchmarks set by the Health and Safety Executive on acceptable levels of stress in the workplace is revealed by new research. Stress expert...
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Spouse survives
Further to the story "Westminster academic feared dead after tsunami" (January 14), we would like to clarify that Stephen Lissenburgh, who is missing presumed dead after the tsunami hit Sri Lanka, is...
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Missing honours
We omitted the following people from our New Year's honours list published on January 7: Knights Bachelor Professor Sir Basil Markesinis , QC, professor of common and civil law at University College...
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Elvis kicked off a passion for watching us watching them
As a scholarly observer of reality TV, Annette Hill was impressed by the decision of Germaine Greer, a fellow academic, to appear in the current series of Celebrity Big Brother . "I think it was...
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Huygens buries the Beagle's bones
There was to be no equivalent to "the Eagle has landed". No champagne corks were popped, no balloons released, there was not even a solitary whoop. Instead, when it was confirmed that the Huygens...
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'Sofa' not so good, v-c says
The Government was accused of running higher education policy "from Tony Blair's sofa" in a strongly worded critique this week. Sir David Watson, vice-chancellor of Brighton University, said higher...
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Taken to task on taxonomy
Twelve learned societies have accused the Government of failing to halt the disappearance of taxonomy research in the UK even though the House of Lords called for urgent action more than two years...
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Lie back and think of Kinsey
What is the legacy of the pioneer of sex research? asks Anthea Lipsett UK sex researchers lay bare their work and its problems as they reassess the legacy of Alfred Kinsey, the pioneering researcher...
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Prose poser
As Scots celebrate the birth of poet Robert Burns on January 25, the star turn at many Burns Nights will be a rendition of the poem Tam O'Shanter , writes Olga Wojtas. But Scottish literature expert...