Scots find god more useful than cricket bat
Experts in ancient Greek at St Andrews University are enlisting the help of a shape-shifting sea god to help teach their discipline through interactive learning. They have won funding from the...
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Worn tyres are set for profitable rerun
A Leeds academic has developed a new method of tyre disposal that could add millions of pounds in value to the rubber mountains dotted across the globe. Paul Williams, senior lecturer in the...
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Raving madmen do not aid AI debate
Films such as Steven Spielberg's AI , released last weekend, run the risk of doing a disservice to science, according to an expert in the field. Linda Hitchin, senior lecturer in the Lincoln School...
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IT news in brief
Ucas targets training The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service and Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology will jointly launch a business and community training centre in Cheltenham...
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Latest international news
Student killed in Congo demonstrations One student has been killed and several lecturers arrested during protests at the University of Congo. Students and lecturers were...
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Latest UK news
Ulster v-c: our competitiveness is under threat Gerry McKenna, vice-chancellor of the University of Ulster, has said the imbalance in university research funding between Northern Ireland and...
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Coventry brings designs to life
Coventry University has unveiled plans for a design laboratory, believed to be the first of its kind in any university in the world. The £1.5 million Coventry University Advanced Digitisation and...
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All eyes on £2.8m spin-off team
A team of researchers at the University of Southampton has won £2.8 million in commercial funding to help spin off a company that will deliver optical networking components for broadband internet....
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A capital way to stretch research and resources
University endowments could be the key to promoting better basic research, writes Julian Le Grand . The Conservative proposal at the time of the last general election to replace the present system of...
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Letter (1): Animal affronts
Figures from animal experimenters show that 98-99 per cent of human diseases are never seen in a non-human animal (Letters, THES , August 30, September 7, 14). Induced diseases do not behave in the...
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Letter (2): Animal affronts
The World Medical Association's declaration of Helsinki was amended last year so that "laboratory animal procedures are no longer recommended as essential before studies on humans are conducted". The...
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Letter (1):PRP and PhD ironies
In light of the difficulties of those with PhDs finding work, (Letters, THES , August 17, September 21), perhaps we should reflect on the title of the body overseeing such matters. Is it not ironic...
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Letter (2):PRP and PhD ironies
As someone who has enjoyed the benefits of performance-related pay for more than ten years, I was amused to read in your editorial ( THES , September 21) that PRP in academia might help address the...
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Letter (1):Real quality versus self-interest
The Russell Group's draft response to consultative plans for a new quality assurance regime for England does not appear to be an attempt to torpedo the consultation as your report "Russell elite go...
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What would you sponsor: the footie or Formula 1?
Questions such as these, based on real-life case studies, are being used to stimulate all students, not just MBAs. Sue Law reports. Case studies are breaking out of the MBA hothouse and into...