Puffing squaddies get more injuries
Smokers are 1.5 times more likely to suffer fractures, sprains and other physical injuries, a study of army recruits has revealed. The researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health...
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Cutting edge
Funding for veterinary research in zoos is vital if rare and extinct species are to be propagated for release into the wild "Now then, vitnery, shall I get thee a bucket of 'ot watter and some towels...
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Wronged zoologist demands public apology
One of Britain's leading scientists faces legal action from a colleague after an Oxford University internal inquiry ruled that he could resume his duties. Roy Anderson, Linacre professor of zoology,...
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Derby v-c backtracks to offer increased pay
Derby University's vice-chancellor Roger Waterhouse has promised to raise lecturers' pay in the face of a threatened vote of no confidence and industrial action. Professor Waterhouse told The THES...
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Increased burdens mean academic pay must rise, says Natfhe
Academic pay must increase by 30 per cent, according to claims presented to employers this week. Lecturers' union Natfhe has called for an immediate 10 per cent pay rise for members in the new...
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Sex with 700 students
Manuel Lopez Dona's quick humour and vast knowledge make his sexology course a huge draw and him a media star. Paul Rigg reports On a hot, sunny day in Cadiz in February, the students could easily...
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Star Turn
With space toys that look like something from the Early-Learning Centre, Surrey University is rivalling Nasa. Pat Leon meets the man putting Surrey into orbit A youngish man clutching a metal...
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Method is more than the sum of its parts
Nigel Steele recalls a guru who calculated a route to learning success Everyone remembers a good teacher. If you asked a meeting of the institutes of electrical or mechanical engineers how many...
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Part-time access is vital
Universities and colleges should use private money to provide part-time courses for students from lower socioeconomic groups, say lawyers at the Southampton Institute. David Bailey, who conducted a...
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On the move
Members of the Foundation Degree Design Group, which was announced by Education Secretary David Blunkett last month are: Paul Cohen, divisional manager, and Leigh Hackel, team leader, Higher...
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Glittering prizes
Lord (Melvyn) Bragg, broadcaster and novelist, will be installed as chancellor of the University of Leeds in June. He succeeds the Duchess of Kent, who retired in October 1998 because of ill health....
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Eyewitness
Amid the deluge of stories of tragedy, rescue and relief in flood-devastated Mozambique were reports that bad land and water management in the country and its neighbours exacerbated the disaster....
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Sure start on unclear aims
New Zealand's government intends a sharp change for higher education. Bryan Gould considers the effects A change of government often means that little else changes. But the newly elected Labour...
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Penang
Lecturers' promotion at University Sains Malaysia will soon be influenced by student evaluations. Vice-chancellor Ishak Tambi Kechik said students will assess lecturers' performances through a "...
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Agadir
Students at the University of Agadir protested against the arrest of five colleagues suspected of being "spies" for the Algeria-based Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front. Some...