In 1973, cross-cultural psychologist Gustav Johoda said: "Psychology needs developing countries badly." But almost three decades later, psychology remains a product of western culture, dominated by...
When I started to work on reconstructing the body, well over 30 years ago, I had one objective: to find the most inert synthetic substances that could restore some bodily function without doing any...
What links addiction, gambling, bungee-jumping and Parkinson's disease? Geoff Watts reports The brain chemical dopamine, a neurotransmitter or chemical messenger, is best known for its role in...
Controversial trials of a treatment that could help Aids sufferers unable to afford drugs are being held up by arguments over the science and ethics. Steve Farrar and Karen MacGregor, in South Africa...
Q: The passivity of our first-year students in lectures has come under criticism this year. What can we do to liven things up? A: You are not alone. The passivity of students, especially in big,...
At next week's teaching fellowship awards, Britain's best lecturers will get £50,000 to pursue cherished projects, writes Pat Leon If Margaret Hodge accepts the invitation, next Tuesday she will...
'You can make a difference in people's lives' this podiatry teacher tells her students. She is a living example, says Esther Leach "Group hug, group hug," someone calls out as Jill Edmondson brings...
Plans to trial a controversial Aids therapy in South Africa have sparked a bitter row between Cambridge University scientists. Abraham Karpas, a virologist and the first British researcher to isolate...
Wrangling over the legal details of a £70 million partnership between commercial interests and the e-university has delayed the venture by at least a month. Private companies are being asked to...
Boston University heads need to regain control over campus athletics, a commission has urged. The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics issued its call exactly ten years after a...
The National Union of Students could lose millions in the next three years unless it takes drastic action. It risks accumulating losses of more than £1.5 million by 2003-04, an internal report...
NEWS: How rich is your university? First of a two-part investigation that identifies the fat cats FEATURES: Private versus public: how the private sector is influencing higher education in Europe...
Asbestos scare for Warwick University Warwick University had an asbestos scare when builders discovered the dangerous fibres in its physics building. Tests showed asbestos was present, although there...
It is getting harder to recruit doctoral students and three years of funding is not enough, according to PhD supervisors. Almost half of those who responded to a Wellcome Trust survey said that it...
Growing union frustration with the government's public sector policies may manifest itself in a Labour Party conference mutiny over university tuition fees and student loans. Some of the country's...