From today's UK papers
THE GUARDIAN Over the past 80 years, 25,000 people have been exposed to chemical weapons at Porton Down. Why did they volunteer, and why did British scientists carry out experiments...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Wednesday
Meridian: The Copland Years (9.05 am, repeated 7.05 pm World Service). Leonard Slatkin on American music during Copland’s 90 years. The first of four programmes. (See also Friday Nov 10.)...
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Latest international news
US and UK cancel Ugandan scholarships Britain and the United States have cancelled 80 scholarships for Ugandan army officers to train at their military colleges. Diplomatic sources in...
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Latest UK news
Wellcome unveils £3bn science boost Biomedical research will get more than £3 billion from the Wellcome Trust over the next five years. The world’s largest medical charity outlined its intentions...
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From today's UK papers
THE TIMES The government has been accused by Vincent Watts, vice-chancellor of the University of East Anglia, of promising "hush money" to universities to keep them quiet in the run-up to the general...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Tuesday
Ian Hislop’s School Rules (2.45 am C4). A repeat of part two of British educational history reaches the 1930s, "an overcrowded, underfunded system dominated by Victorian thinking...
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Latest international news
University of Lagos v-c resigns The vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Jelili Omotola, has resigned over his failure to secure senate approval for a satellite centre of the University in...
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Latest UK news
Threat to OU/BBC partnership denied The Open University has denied reports that its relationship with the BBC is in danger. “With the growth of cable and digital television and the internet, we are...
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From today's UK papers
FINANCIAL TIMES London's Imperial College has received a £ million donation from a grateful alumnus, Gary Tanaka, a US technology investment manager. The donation is one of the largest ever...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Monday
Composer of the Week (9.00 am R3 and rest of week) is Haydn. Start the Week (9.00am R4). Germaine Greer takes Jeremy Paxman’s place: among her guests are Ruth Deech, Amartya Sen and Philip...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Sunday
Icons of the 20th Century (12 noon C5). Leadership – Hitler, Mao, Che Guevara, et al. All the Rage (1.30 R4). David Owen Norris on the music of the early 1600s, including a song by John...
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Daily TV & radio guide - Saturday
How to be President (10.30 am R4). Bush’s and Clinton’s elections recalled. The Century Speaks (2.30 R4). "Playtime". Leisure pursuits of the last hundred years...
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Poor leaders are crippling UK colleges
One in nine further education colleges is badly led and nearly one in ten is failing to make the grade set by inspectors, further education chiefs revealed this week. Only a minority have good...
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Next week
NEWS Privatisation of universities on the agenda FEATURES The reasons people opt out of academia RESEARCH The joy of seaweed; sources of research funding BOOKS City life: Simon Thurley reviews Peter...
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Latest UK news
AoC cheered by Woodhead's exit College leaders last night welcomed the departure of Ofsted chief inspector Chris Woodhead. The Association of Colleges believes a new leader will address its concerns...