Colour scheme
(Photograph) - University researcher Stephen Westland presented his findings on how computers can match the brain in perceiving paint colours to the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds this...
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Dual support in danger
THE FUTURE of the dual funding system for university research has been called into question by the House of Commons science and technology committee. Increasing selectivity in research funding by the...
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Birkbeck turns physics faculty into gold
BIRKBECK College is to transfer its entire physics department to University College as part of measures designed to tackle a projected Pounds 2.7 million deficit. The transfer, which will take place...
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Dentists set to become more human
The General Dental Council, responsible for laying down basic requirements of undergraduate dental degrees, has completely rewritten its requirements for dental schools. Its report stresses that...
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Surrey appoints ten in schools overhaul
Ten heads of school have been appointed by the University of Surrey as part of its academic reorganisation. Nine of the appointments are internal, but the school of mechanical and materials...
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AUT advises stressed members to look to EU law
THE Association of University Teachers is encouraging local branches to hold talks with employers in an attempt to secure in-house agreements on workloads. The union, concerned at the amount of hours...
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Art auction to raise funds for medical charity
Twenty-three artists from the London Institute have donated works to charity. The artists are among 100 whose works will help support Wellbeing, the charity which funds medical research for the...
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'Silver' staff face sack
LECTURERS have accused a cash-strapped Midlands college of holding a gun to their heads in a battle over contracts. Twenty-one staff at Bournville College of Further Education have until April 11 to...
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Union chiefs' pay modest
Higher and further education union leaders' salaries remain modest compared with vice chancellors and funding council executives, according to a recent study. The figures are from the annual report...
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Detector sheds light on breast cancer
THES reporters review the best of the papers from the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds SAFER techniques for detecting breast cancer without using X-rays could go on trial as early as...
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Slogan machine
Scottish higher education naturally takes careful note of every word uttered by John Sizer, chief executive of the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. But what he says may soon affect the...
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Good old days
The unhappiness we report at the University of Nottingham is not universal. Some long-serving academic staff in less than top-rated departments are known to the university managers as "the smilers"....
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Computer brain gets colour mix
THES reporters review the best of the papers from the Institute of Physics annual congress in Leeds PAINT manufacturers are hoping a computer model of how the brain perceives colour could help them...
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Digital care
The country's first gene jury, run by the Wellcome Trust, experienced a few teething problems after a member of the audience suggested the computer system was not working. He wanted to know why,...
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Now you see it
We cannot let March end without pillorying the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council for this month's page of its 1997 calendar, which commemorates William Herschel's discovery of the...