Leader: It's time for a 21st-century champion
This is the 1,500th edition of The THES . Born of university expansion and the birth of polytechnics, The THES has grown along with the number of institutions and students, charting far-reaching...
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Send food, water and toys
Academics tackling issues such as HIV/Aids, child mortality and wellbeing in the third world are developing holistic, community-based healthcare. Mandy Garner reports. About a third of all children...
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Where there's a debt, there is a deterrent
Could three years of poverty and a £12,000 loan be enough to put a person off university? Yes, reports Anne McHardy. Costs are deterring school-leavers from entering higher education, particularly...
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Can it be unethical to heal the sick?
Stem-cell research is too important to be banned, argue Ian Wilmut and Lesley Ann Paterson. The effects of conditions such as Parkinson's, diabetes, spinal-cord injury and organ disease are hard to...
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Need to broaden intake? Set a new exam
Are A levels the best indicator of student potential in higher education or should the government consider introducing US-style SATs? Mandy Garner reports As this year's A-level results are published...
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A learner's guide to a luxury life
Fancy a cheap holiday in the Hamptons - playground of the rich and famous? Then enrol at summer school and you could bag a few study credits along with a tan. Victoria McKee reports. The Hamptons is...
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Latest UK news
Clearing kicks off after A-level bonanza University clearing began in earnest today after record numbers of pupils learned they had passed their A levels. The pass rate was 89.9 per cent, up...
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From today's UK papers
The Independent Lured by cheap beer, St Andrews University students are expected to end 25 years of autonomy from the National Union of Students. But the issue has divided the town. Daily Telegraph...
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Latest international news
Argentinians strike over cuts More than 90 per cent of academics at Argentina's universities have struck in protest at cuts imposed because of the country...
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Latest international news
Wisconsin sues stem-cell firm Wisconsin University is to sue the California-based biotechnology company Geron Corporation over intellectual property rights to embryonic stem cells that it developed....
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From today's UK papers
Guardian A-levels: more students will achieve gold standard passes than ever before. After 50 years, the exam is well overdue for a fundamental review Independent Humans could be easier to clone than...
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Latest UK news
A-level results expected to improve This year’s A-level results, published tomorrow, are expected to show another rise in the number of students passing and gaining the top grade. Last year, the pass...
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Exploiting Genomics
Deadline: 26/11/2001
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Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
Deadline: 05/11/2001
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Fellowships in Immunology
Deadline: 28/02/2002