Figure it out
One can have such fun with figures. You reported on the proportions of UK undergraduates from various sources who registered at Oxford, Cambridge and the London School of Economics ("Oxford raises...
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Privatising knowledge
While it is always good news to see new funding provided for research, there is still something not quite right with the government's emphasis on collaboration with business and "the ability to turn...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Andrew Oswald suggested that governments should measure people's happiness rather than the country's gross domestic product Andrew Oswald proposes an index of the "gross...
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It doesn't add up
David Singmaster calls for an inquiry into Keele University's sale of a collection of old maths books From 1968 until recently, Keele University housed England's leading collection of old mathematics...
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Pass the temazepam, please
Maverick of the Year Peter Knight mulls over why academics have become so acquiescent An unexpected end to 1998. I have won a ballot for the distinguished title of Maverick of the Year. The title is...
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'Old boys' hold on to research funding
United Kingdom research councils spent less than 5 per cent of their higher education budgets in former polytechnics and colleges of higher education last year. The rest went to old universities....
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Scientists greet Byers
Barely a week after launching his much-hyped Competitiveness white paper, Peter Mandelson, the trade and industry secretary, has gone, replaced by ex-academic Stephen Byers. Mr Byers's arrival at the...
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Physicist joins 007 for latest mission
A lecturer at one of the country's leading universities has been recruited to advise the secret service, The THES can reveal. The Imperial College physicist is passing detailed weapons information to...
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The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
* The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council has redesigned its postgraduate studentships to make PhD holders more useful to industry. It will increase them by 10 per cent next year.
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Striking back
(Photograph) - Women students at the Jordanian University in Amman protest at the US/UK air strikes. Demos also took place in Damascus, Jakarta, Kuala Lumper and Beirut.
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I'm manic, do you mind?
The pressure to feel happy at Christmas can make students feel lonely and isolated. Olga Wojtas finds out how university staff are being taught greater awareness in dealing with mental illness, from...
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Don's Diary
Sunday Spend the afternoon entertaining my two-year-old by getting into top gear for Christmas. Spend the evening frantically preparing for three hours of Beowulf the following day with the second-...
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Industry white paper has academic approval
Plans to commercialise university research, announced in the white paper on competitiveness last week, have received a positive response from academics. Rodney Eastwood, director of planning at...
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Lab loses radioactive package
Radioactive material has gone missing from Cambridge University, leaving the institution facing two criminal investigations. This week the Environment Agency confirmed that it is conducting...
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20 per cent cash fillip for smaller institutes
All institutes with fewer than 1,000 students will get up to 20 per cent more cash from the Higher Education Funding Council for England from next year. The move is mainly designed to protect the...