Cutting edge: Moshe Rosenberg
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...
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Memories are made of this
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...
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Be wary of the Ides of March
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...
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Make students mark
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...
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Readers' reactions
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,...
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Agony Aunt
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....
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From today's UK papers
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...
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Latest international news
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...
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Latest UK news
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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Visits to the European University Inst. Library, Florence
Deadline: 22/02/2002
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Latest international news
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...
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Latest UK news
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...
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From today's UK papers
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...
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Latest international news
Protesting Ethiopian students face expulsion Riot police in Ethiopia have clashed with students from the University of Addis Ababa in protests over the way the campus is guarded. The...
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Latest UK news
Terrorists access nuclear arsenal The leakage of expertise and smuggling of nuclear material from the former Soviet Union have given terrorist groups a new capacity for destruction, Paul Wilkinson,...