Managing to change
Since human nature does not lend itself to the business environment, business should adapt to human nature, says Nigel Nicholson. New Darwinism, or evolutionary psychology (EP), has focused attention...
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Latest UK news
V-c quits over disagreement with governors Northumbria University vice-chancellor Gilbert Smith is standing down next year because of a disagreement with governors over the future direction of the...
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Latest international news
Namibian and South African universities link Officials from the University of Namibia are discussing collaboration with the University of the Wi****ersrand in South Africa. A scholarship programme...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES An investment bank, Beeson Gregory, is providing £20m to help finance a new chemistry building at Oxford University. In return, it gets equity stakes in spin-offs arising from the...
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Agony aunt
I am tired of reports that graduates leave university with poor communication skills. What help is available to improve things? Martin Greenhow , senior tutor, mathematical sciences, Brunel...
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How to... orchestrate cerebral cells
WHAT : Essays test a limited range of skills, and portfolios often fail to draw together disparate pieces of work WHY : Richard Winter believes the 'patchwork text' lets students write in a way that...
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Star turn: Bernard Schumacher
Tony Tysome's taste buds got a real treat when he joined would-be chefs to watch a master at work. Like many people, I fancy myself a TV chef, unveiling home-spun tips and secret ingredients to a...
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Students lap up lessons on the laptop
Glen Postle's students enjoy their courses so much they don't want to graduate. Geoff Maslen reports. Sitting in his Toowoomba office at the University of Southern Queensland, Glen Postle uses a...
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Talking Shop: Why don't we turn the tide of plagiarism to the learners' advantage?
Instead of making cheating a policing issue, it may be time to try a different tack, suggests Ranald Macdonald. Why the fuss about plagiarism? After years of trying to get students to develop...
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The optimist of Innovation Way
Pat Leon talks to Brenda Smith, the woman at the hub of the Learning and Teaching Support Network. Genesis 3, Innovation Way, is an apt location for the first stirrings of national pride in teaching...
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Taking a foray into fungi
Field Mycology is a new quarterly magazine aimed at individuals who have an interest in collecting, identifying and the conservation of wild fungi. It is published in A5 format and contains copious...
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Single currency, myriad questions
The Political Economy of Monetary Union
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Log on to the future of science journals
The New Journal of Physics
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A guide through Japan’s house of mirrors
Contemporary Japan
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Technology transfers, brain drains and late developers
Science, Technology and Society