Notre Dame takes over osteopathy school site
THE UNITED STATES University of Notre Dame is expanding its research and teaching in London with a takeover of the British School of Osteopathy's Trafalgar Square premises. Notre Dame will not reveal...
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Reviews 'damage' staff morale
THE GOVERNMENT's privatisation review of public sector research establishments is damaging the productivity and morale of scientists, according to Sir Aaron Klug, president of the Royal Society....
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Courses for horses
(Photograph) - Courses for horses: students Claire Johnston, Danielle Preedy and Andrea Bristol on Bristol University's equine science BSc degree course. The course is held mainly at the Equine...
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Dig at vets' 'blue sky' cash pile
Clinical veterinary research work is suffering as funds are channelled into "blue-sky" schemes, according to a leading British scientist. Researchers are finding it increasingly difficult to win...
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Hong Kong students go for the old over the new
Students from Hong Kong rate United Kingdom degree courses in old universities higher than those in the former polytechnics, according to a new study. It was found that 87 per cent of the students at...
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Don't create 'cash cows', Sir Ron warned
Britain's popularity with fee-paying foreign students will be jeopardised if the funding regime proposed by Sir Ron Dearing makes facilities uncompetitive, a British Council official has warned....
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St Chad's CV man resigns
The principal of a Durham University college has resigned three months after inaccuracies were spotted in lists of his qualifications. The Reverend Doctor Duane Wade-Hampton Arnold, who has been on...
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Teachers must learn too
LIFELONG learning campaigners have produced recommendations for adult education including calls for radical changes in teaching theory and practice. A Campaign for Learning report, produced from a...
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Broader canvas for art schools
After a year of bids, negotiations, deals and internal wrangles, Europe's art school heads are hoping their aspirations for 1997 are already in the frame. More than 700 of them gathered in Lisbon...
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Private schools dominate
Students from private schools still significantly outnumber state school entrants at Oxford University, but the elite institution expects to redress the imbalance following the abolition of its "...
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Ring-pull
(Photograph) - Ring-pull: Claire Archibald, a first-year fashion student at Glasgow Caledonian University, models her design of ring-pull headgear to publicise the university's new waste management...
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Access fears over Higher Still
The proposals for the "Higher Still" reform of the Scottish post-16 exam system are raising concerns about the provision of access courses for unqualified adult returners in Scotland. The proposed...
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Malaria linked to weather
A UNIQUE experiment to predict weather conditions over Southern Africa could save thousands of lives, researchers at Liverpool University revealed this week. A team from the university's geography...
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Tropical holiday destinations
More of us than ever before are taking huge health risks by heading for tropical holiday destinations without the necessary precautionary vaccinations, say doctors at the Liverpool School of Tropical...
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Methanol fuel tailored for cars
SCIENTISTS at Essex University have developed a new catalyst for cars which could mean more efficient and cleaner transport. Researchers in the department of biological and chemical sciences have...