Genetics mutates and grows
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. GENETICS: CAMBRIDGE 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5* Since the 1992 research assessment exercise...
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Reading pays
THE BRITISH Library is to conduct market research into the possibility of charging for the use of reading rooms. The library faces a Pounds 3.33 million shortfall in income in 1996-97 and a further...
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Painful discovery
New discoveries by scientists at King's College London about the nature of pain may lead to improved methods for treatment. Researchers have discovered how heat causes pain by sending an electric...
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Engineers merge
The Institution of Electronic and Electrical Incorporated Engineers and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers could merge next year. Members of the two institutions are to be consulted on proposals...
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Fraud probe
Police are investigating eight Career Development Loan applications. The total amount loaned in the eight cases is Pounds 103,204. The Secretary of State for Education and Employment said that there...
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Quick eating cure
Sufferers from the eating disorder bulimia nervosa may soon be treated more quickly thanks to Bob Palmer, senior lecturer in psychiatry at Leicester University. He is studying 160 sufferers to see if...
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Parasites urged to get a profession
ACADEMICS are like parasites, or so says University of East London emeritus professor of psychology John Radford. Addressing the London conference of the British Psychological Society, Professor...
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Exeter down but not out
Exeter University, which on some calculations saw a decline in its overall performance in the RAE, took a disappointed rather than downhearted view. John Inkson, deputy vice chancellor, said that...
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Work is the 'magic' element
There was no "magic secret" to Goldsmiths College's spectacular rise in the institutional rankings in this year's RAE, according to Nikolas Rose, pro-warden (research) and professor of sociology. "We...
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Chemists report a fall in graduate recruits
Graduate recruitment by the chemical industry is heading for a fall this year, according to a survey by the Chemical Industries Association. Firms surveyed said they were expecting to recruit a total...
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Chemical heads slam 'jargon'
Heads of chemical engineering departments say teaching quality assessment of their discipline is riddled with jargon, takes up too much time and is carried out by assessors who do not know enough...
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Research wins legal protection
A Keele University professor has obtained an injunction in the High Court banning the disclosure of confidential research material. The material included documents on Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (...
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Mixed approach
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCE: STIRLING 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5* Applied social science at...
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Playing the whole team
THES reporters look at how departments prepared for and responded to last week's research assessments. BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT: WARWICK 1992 rating: 5 1996 rating: 5 "We weren't prepared to mess...
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Gender gap hits economy
Seoul. SOUTH Korea's female high-school students are being encouraged to compete for more places at top universities. The move follows the passing of a Women's Development Law and the acceptance of a...