Sights of special scientific interest
Scientists talk about objects in the natural world that have most touched them in a new series of Seven Wonders of the World, the BBC's bid to challenge popular misconceptions about science and...
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Correction
Last week's article "Bullies in the common room" (page 6) said that staff at Staffordshire University had been surveyed and bullying found. In fact the survey asked part-time students about bullying...
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Hug of love
(Photograph) - Hug of love: student clutches a sculpture from Wimbledon School of Art, which is exhibiting work from the first five-years of its technical arts degree course at the Lyttelton, London...
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Fact file
Of first-degree new entrants, 93.1 per cent were studying on a full-time or sandwich basis. 51.2 per cent of first-degree new entrants were female. 44.8 per cent of students aged under 21 were living...
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What war can be good for
Next week the funding debate is set to dominate the 75th conference of the National Union of Students. Harriet Swain looks at the battles fought on floor and platform The year is 1968: the National...
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Scotland's boost for Labour
Opposition to the Labour leadership of the National Union of Students Scotland proved ineffectual at its conference last week. Student associations at Perth College, Glasgow Caledonian and Paisley...
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NI student support lost to buildings
Student leaders in Northern Ireland have condemned the Government for transferring unexpected savings of Pounds 1.8 million from the student support budget to the maintenance budget for schools and...
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Ukrainian studies awaken in the UK
An agreement signed last week by Ukrainian scholars and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies marks a breakthrough in relations between British universities and the countries of the former...
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Gene jury out to discuss future implications
SOME 400 members of the public were expected to tell experts and decision makers exactly what they thought of genetics research at a gene jury hosted this week by the Wellcome Trust, and entitled "...
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Value for money under scrutiny
The new quality agency for higher education, which begins work next month, may scrutinise the claims to excellence of institutions that charge top-up fees. The Dearing committee of inquiry is...
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Departmental duo promised by Labour
The Labour Party began the election campaign this week by promising more political clout but no more money for education and employment. The Department for Education and Employment will become the...
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Britain may be "over-investing" in higher education
A study by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics said this week that Britain may be "over-investing" in higher education, Money might be better spent on reducing the...
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Research papers
Readers can find research papers by accessing THESIS, The THES Internet service. The service is available at http://thesis.newsint.co.uk
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Ex-super hunts spoofers
SOUTHAMPTON Institute bosses have hired an ex-police chief to uncover the publishers of a "scurrilous" internal spoof newsletter. Ray Piper, a former detective superintendent with the Hampshire...
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Corporate unis threaten MBAs
THE "Corporate University" poses an "outside threat" to higher education and brings "attendant risks and large unknowns", warns the Association of Business Schools. In its oral evidence to Sir Ron...