A qualification tells the public what a person has achieved. It might also give an assurance about what a person is competent to do. It is because the public needs a common currency of qualifications...
Campus careers services must do more to help students into work, argues Baroness Blackstone. Too many careers services are Cinderella operations, banished to the edges of campuses and wholly separate...
Ignorant, wrong and stupid. That is Valentine Cunningham's view of ministers' attacks on Oxford's alleged 'elitist bias'. Oxford University is being most unfairly vilified for its admissions...
Is basic research being neglected in Spain? Manuel Palacin, whose research has identified genes that carry renal disorders, believes it is. Spanish scientist Manuel Palac!n is concerned that the...
Study of the tools and production methods of 2.5 million years ago holds the key to understanding modern technology The way in which technology has developed over the past 2.5 million years is one of...
In our focus on Spanish research, Rebecca Warden reports on a new ministry, new money and the efforts to form links with industry. Spanish science could be described as a late developer now making up...
A system for preserving library books and a super antenna are just two ideas that have been spun off. A new breed of Spanish scientist is moving out of the labs and into industry. Booksaver, a system...
Work conditions in Spain are now in line with developed countries and are attracting back the talent, but young researchers still struggle to get a foot on the career ladder. Top Spanish scientists...
It was a turning point in human history, the moment when a group of Levantine farmers first sowed seeds of barley before returning at the end of the growing season to reap their harvest. Scientists...
Cats are fussy eaters. Scientists have confirmed what pet owners have always known - feline diners demand variety and may turn their noses up at a dish if they believe their diet is getting too...
Claims that "shiny" butterflies carry hightech solar energy collectors on their wings have been disproved. Scientists have found that the iridescence of certain species of butterfly and moth instead...
Canny fortune tellers would do well to look deep into their clients' eyes as the ups and downs of their past, and even a glimpse of their future, may be written there. Scientists are investigating...
What: The new National Teaching Fellowships Scheme is handing out Pounds 1 million to aid the efforts of Britain's best teachers. Why: Annual awards such as these are meant to raise teaching's...
What do cat and pig cross-breeds and Dark Star have in common? Aristotle, of course. Brendan Howe meets a poetic don who can explain Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man resounds through the...
Alan Jenkins suggests we have much to learn from the US's intellectual excitement over teaching. The three "Rs" are top of the teaching agenda again, but this time they stand for: ranking, rating and...