Nature's defeat of nurture
Studies of twins have shown that behaviour is influenced by our genes to a surprising extent. Lawrence Wright examines the social implications Psychology has been shaken in recent years by studies of...
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Art for our sake
The shortlisted artists for Tuesday's Turner Prize are less interested in conventional considerations of colour and form than in the circumstances in which work is produced and received. John Slyce...
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To stick, scrap or juggle?
The Oxbridge college fees debate is coming to the boil. Harriet Swain reports on the issues at stake Ministers deciding the fate of the Oxbridge college fee are considering three main options. The...
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Blind lecturer a judge
A SENIOR law lecturer has overcome disability and discrimination to become the United Kingdom's second-ever blind judge. Amir A. Majid, 44, a reader in law at London Guildhall University, has been...
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The sleuth and the cinematic genius
THE FELUDA STORIES. By Satyajit Ray. Penguin, 868pp 500 Rupees. ISBN 0 670 87098 6. THE HOUSE OF DEATH AND OTHER FELUDA STORIES. By Satyajit Ray. Penguin, 339pp200 Rupees. ISBN 0 14 026803 0....
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Lawyers in for a field day
The Oxbridge college fees debate is coming to the boil. Harriet Swain reports on the issues at stake IF ANYTHING new is decided about college fees, it will present a legal minefield, education...
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Factfile
* Anglia Polytechnic University has 6,991 part-time students, with 16.8 per cent studying business and administrative studies * The University of Central England has 5,320 part-time students, with 30...
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Charge of the bright brigade
The Oxbridge college fees debate is coming to the boil. Harriet Swain reports on the issues at stake OXBRIDGE colleges have levied charges and fees for hundreds of years. This practice was...
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Graduate status 'inevitable'
What is the future of nursing education as more school-leavers attend university? Julia Hinde reports Nursing will inevitably become a graduate-only profession, say nurse educators. Christine Hancock...
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Boost to research in new posting
What is the future of nursing education as more school-leavers attend university? Julia Hinde reports Nursing research is set for a boost with the appointment of a professor of nursing research at...
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Figures distort female crime
DELINQUENT women are nothing new, a study of girls in the early years of this century has found. Society was despairing of the "modern" girl in the 1860s and has continued to redefine what it means...
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Cash crop
(Photograph) - Cash crop: a student at Askham Bryan College of Agriculture and Horticulture, York, completes his crop-spraying training. Short courses at the college, such as forklift truck-driving...
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Nexus proposes private Oxbridge
OXFORD and Cambridge universities should go private, an influential "intellectual network" of academics with close government links will argue this week. David Halpern, founder of the left-of-centre...
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Higher education system would be damaged if the Oxbridge college fee were moved
Britain's whole higher education system would be damaged if the Oxbridge college fee were removed, MPs were warned this week. In a House of Commons debate, Liberal Democrat Evan Harris claimed axeing...
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Official: loan cash switched to FE
DAVID Blunkett's special adviser has admitted that money for undergraduate loans has been switched from higher education to help shore up further education. Adviser Conor Ryan confirmed this week...