The email was unambiguous: "As opponent, your role is to summarise the dissertation, interrogate the candidate I and then sum up the strengths and weaknesses." The invitation might have added, "Iin...
The ribosome, nature's ultimate nanotechnologist, is now starting to surrender its secrets. Giselle Weiss reports. Researchers have announced the latest in a series of spectacular developments...
The art of cheesemaking emerged from the need to preserve surplus milk. It has now evolved into a multidisciplinary, scientific and technological fermentation industry. The quality and commercial...
Men and women use different parts of their brains when forming emotionally charged memories, a new study has shown. In two rounds of tests involving horror movie clips, 11 men and 11 women had their...
It is one of the most notorious predictions in history, yet a new study challenges the tradition that Julius Caesar was give a month's notice to "Beware the Ides of March". Analysis of contemporary...
When students assess one another's practical work, they gain insight into the material while staff gain time, argues Ian Hughes. Practical work is a key part of degree courses in biological sciences...
Last week in The THES ... Maurice Saatchi argued for a reduction in taxation. Perhaps Maurice Saatchi would be well advised to talk to his Conservative colleague David Willetts, who, among others,...
Q) There is always so much to be done at work - lecturing, researching, travelling to conferences. How can I fit it all in? A) Be strategic, sit down and look at your key roles and responsibilities....
Financial Times The British government is to spend £30m preparing the National Health Service for the "genetics revolution" and a further £10m setting up four "knowledge parks" that will bring...
Australia's aboriginal intake drops Australia’s vice-chancellors are to seek talks with federal education minister David Kemp after statistics revealed a fall of more than 15 per cent in...
Former parliamentary speaker honoured with statue A bronze sculpture of Betty Boothroyd, former speaker of the House of Commons, is to be unveiled at the Open University tonight. It will form part of...
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Violence closes Ethiopian university The Ethiopian government has closed the University of Addis Ababa indefinitely following two days of clashes between students and riot police in which two...
Lib Dems' student loan pledge The Liberal Democrats have published their Youth Manifesto this week, promising student loans for all young people studying below degree level and greater funding parity...
Financial Times Plans to set up a Welsh baccalaureate for university entrance have been dealt a blow by the refusal of the International Baccalaureate Organisation to become involved. Researchers...