Fingered by a single cell
RESEARCH on genetic defects in test tube babies has led to a discovery that could revolutionise forensic science and put an end to the perfect, undetectable crime, all before the end of the century....
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Will we be able to bank on learning accounts?
INDIVIDUAL learning accounts, an idea that took up just two pages of the main Dearing higher education report, now appears to have moved to the top of the student support agenda. Policy advisors,...
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Armageddon arrives
THE University of Armageddon opens its doors today. Its mission? To compile a catalogue of the innermost secrets of university life, the catastrophes and cock-ups which have shaken the foundations of...
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Sizer warns 'inactive' governors
John Sizer, chief executive of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, has told governing bodies to be aware of their full responsibilities if they want to escape external constraints....
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Research. holistic approaches
Cath Cotton talks to academics about breaking down barriers in the brave world of interdisciplinarity Transport research at the University of Oxford: interdisciplinary research a cross natural and...
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Gerald Wilson defends Scottish decision to veto the Garrick committee recommendation on rectors' rights
Gerald Wilson, secretary of the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department, has defended the department's decision to veto the Garrick committee's recommendation on rectors' rights as...
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The art of science
(Photograph) - Biology has inspired fashion designer Helen Storey for her latest collection, Primitive Streak. Inspired by the first 1,000 hours of an embryo, from the moment of fertilisation to the...
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One nation under a lens
Media and cultural studies: party political PR, film, video and the net in an age of media domination Alfred Hitchcock's English period, the history of the Gainsborough studio and filmic...
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How to avoid slipping through the net
Media and cultural studies: party political PR, film, video and the net in an age of media domination THE impenetrable hype surrounding the potential benefits and dangers of the Internet has prompted...
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Elusive dream
(Photograph) - Elusive dream: a glimpse of a utopian future from the otherwise businesslike Libraries for the New Millennium (ISBN 1 85604 257 X), edited by David Raitt, published this month at...
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Libraries reserved on net buying
Universities are showing cautious interest in buying discount books over the Internet but fear the loss of special services offered by traditional library suppliers. Many universities, such as the...
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Pyramid power
Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library, the free, non-profit gateway to engineering resources on the Internet (www.eevl.ac.uk/), has been redesigned. It now has an Egyptian...
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Lion tamed
Universities can now subscribe to Chadwyck-Healey's LION (Literature Online) service on the Internet for Pounds 2,500, thanks to a deal with the Combined Higher Education Software Team (CHEST)....
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Jones buys OU shows
The United States-based cable and satellite broadcaster Jones Education has bought BBC-produced Open University programmes for its Knowledge TV channel. Business, media and tourism are among the...
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John Moores Pounds 2M spinoff
Amaze, the multimedia company spun off from Liverpool John Moores University's learning methods unit, has been sold to ECI Ventures Ltd in a Pounds 2 million deal. The university retains a minority...