Cloning: the story so far ...
* An anonymous American is paying more than Pounds 3 million to clone his dog, Missy. Researchers at Texas A&M University have two years in which to achieve the feat of creating the world's first...
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Even our clones will tell their own tales
The scientist is ready, the lawyer is expectant, but it is the storyteller, says Martha Nussbaum, to whom we should now listen as we consider one of the greatest ethical issues of our time ... A...
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Shocking treatment
Forget the counselling, Giovanni B. Cassano (right) argues that the mentally ill need electric shock treatment. Domenico Pacitti reports The Italian health ministry has decided to sanction the use of...
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An evil man or a man for wicked times?
Was Hitler an author of evil or a character in a baleful plot not of his own making? Ian Kershaw has some answers As the year 2000 looms, there has been inevitable talk of who is the man or woman of...
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Agony Aunt
Q. - "I am to be personal tutor to more than 30 students this year and am having terrible trouble working out how to be available to all, especially new undergraduates and still have a life?" A....
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Copenhagen
Following a visit to Greenland, Danish minister of research Jan Trojborg has authorised an extra grant of DKK 20 million (Pounds 1.78 million) over the next four years for Greenlandic archaeological...
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Blunkett puts Pounds 38m behind skills boost
Harriet Swain reports from the Trades Union Congress in Blackpool The government is to devote Pounds 38 million to improving skills in the United Kingdom following the first report of a task force on...
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Slight dip in places claimed
* Figures released on Wednesday show that 311,906 people have found places at university or college so far with several weeks of clearing to go. The figure is fractionally below the 312,619 recorded...
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Labour wants to boost HE in Scotland by 2003
* In Scottish Labour's document A Lifetime of Opportunity, which offers policies that the Scottish Parliament can address, the party said it wants to provide opportunities for 750,000 students in...
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Teach students to communicate
WHAT. In the first of a four-part series on Key Skills, Cordelia Bryan, director of the Speak-Write project at Anglia Polytechnic University, offers advice on oral and writing skills for...
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LibDems act on 'dumbed down' entry
Minimum university entry requirements must be imposed to halt "dumbing down" in higher education, Liberal Democrat education leaders will argue at their annual conference next week. No one with less...
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Paying is pleasant at 16 institutions
* A survey by the National Union of Students has listed 16 institutions as employing good practice in collecting fees. Ranking institutions by quality of information and advice available, lack of...
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Increase in number of stay-at-home students
* More than one in five new students plans to live at home when they begin higher education this autumn, according to figures from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. This is slightly...
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Mandelson says UK must lead digital world
* University researchers who work with the country's computer industries received a boost last week when Peter Mandelson declared that the United Kingdom must lead the way in the world's digital...
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Cash for doing the business with industry
* Modest cash awards totalling Pounds 150,000 are being offered to university departments that collaborate with industry. The Department of Trade and Industry scheme aims to build on an earlier...