Cash for female participation
British universities with the best policies for increasing female participation in science, engineering and technology could soon be rewarded with substantial cash grants, writes Julia Hinde. A...
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Sun alive with twisters
STORMS of hot gas as wide as the earth and 1,000 times faster than tornadoes have been observed spiralling from the sun's surface, writes Julia Hinde. Concentrated around the sun's polar regions,...
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Midlands by numbers
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links * 255,609 students enrolled at...
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Warwick's industry turns profit from academic expertise
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links The University of Warwick is...
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Networks lead to higher road
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links Universities in the Midlands are...
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Business backers
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links The potteries industry in...
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Haunted by history
(Photograph) - A caricature of Claude Allegre looks down on an occupation of the Sorbonne 30 years after les evenements de mai rocked France. The protesters were students and lecturers from the...
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A sector seeking a region
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links When Maxwell Irvine arrived at...
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At booming De Montfort 'we offer something for everyone'
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links De Montfort is not an easy place to...
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In search of equal air time
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links Academics at Warwick University...
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Europe split over selection
DIFFERENCES between north and south European education systems are hampering attempts to develop joint lifelong learning policies, according to London Institute of Education research. A paper to be...
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Sex rules attitudes to school
SECONDARY school girls are more career-minded and more likely to be planning to go on to higher education than boys, new research suggests. They spend more time on homework and less time watching...
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Aspirin on trial
A trial into the effects of aspirin on people at risk from heart disease or strokes is under way in Lanarkshire, which has the highest death rate from heart disease in Scotland. Edinburgh University'...
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Pipers call the tune
PHYSICISTS at Edinburgh University are working to improve the quality of mass-produced musical wind instruments to make British manufacturers more competitive. Backed by the Engineering and Physical...
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Hunt for cereal killer
THE SEARCH for genes that make cereals and grasses resistant to diseases is under way at the John Innes Centre in Norwich as part of a Pounds 1.5 million European project. The JIC team will compare...