Fees spark fears of divided system
TUITION fees look likely to sharpen debate on whether Britain has a two-tier higher education system based on wealth and social class, writes Alan Thomson. All universities will have to charge and...
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Grant changes deter young
MORE than half of the young people thinking of applying to university say scrapping the maintenance grant will make them more likely to stay away, according to a survey by Wolverhampton University....
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Libraries should be paid for outside users, says report
UNIVERSITY libraries heavily used by researchers from other institutions should be compensated for the cost of providing the service, according to a report by Coopers and Lybrand. Based on a survey...
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A vision for Europe
(Photograph) - Anongkarat Unyawong, a Thai student at the University of Central England, shows the work with which she won a competition to design the Eurovision Song Contest Trophy for 1998.
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Medics fight fees
MEDICAL students are urging the government to rethink plans for tuition fees so future doctors are not saddled with greater debts than most other students. The British Medical Association medical...
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Universities call for cash up front
NEW universities are calling for more of their annual funding up front amid fears that the introduction of tuition fees will cause serious cash flow problems. The Committee of Vice Chancellors and...
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A mobile phone head case
SCIENTISTS are creating a life-size model of a human head to help assess the effect of mobile phones on the brain. Teams from Bristol and Bradford universities are working with museum artists to...
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The male effect on sporty women
WOMEN are less likely to take up dangerous sports like motor racing because of the psychological effects of the negative attitudes of male rivals, a researcher has found. Judy Eaton, a psychologist...
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Winners of the 1997 New Engineering Graduate prizes
(Photograph) - Winners of the 1997 New Engineering Graduate prizes. Jacqueline Grigg (left), Rachel Oates, Gillian Kirby and Johanna Marples. Lesley Ashburner and Natasha Hird also won prizes but are...
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Job fears well-founded
Employment insecurity in Britain is rife despite evidence that job tenure has changed little in the past 20 years, according to research from Cardiff Business School. "Feelings of insecurity do not...
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Reprieve for poorly knees
CARTILAGE erosion and its role on joint disease is under study at Edinburgh University thanks to a Pounds 100,000 grant from the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council. Cartilage, an essential component of...
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Fish lured into the wood
FISH stocks in the Third World could improve using an African tradition of trapping them using artificial reefs made of sticks, according to Stirling University researchers. Malcolm Beveridge, Donald...
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Reefs exercise seafaring minds
EUROPEAN marine biologists met last week in Southampton Oceanography Centre to pool their knowledge and expertise on artificial reef design and development. The 50-strong group, known as the European...
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Part-timers are happier with their lot
Employees who work part-time are more satisfied with their jobs, less anxious and less likely to think of leaving than full-time employees, new research suggests. Neil Conway of Birkbeck College...
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Suicide mentality reflects lower mortality
PEOPLE at risk of commiting suicide are also more likely to die early from accidents or natural causes, according to a study running for the past 50 years. More than 5,000 people born in one week in...