Stubbing out the truth
As the extent of British science's collusion with the tobacco giants becomes clear, American medic Stanton Glantz tells of his battle for academic freedom and the right to publish secret documents...
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United pitch in acut-throat world
Scottish universities are banding together to try to beat hot competition for research cash. John Laver explains. A consortium of the 13 Scottish universities, with Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh...
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Nursery dogma
Get them young. Of 48 different panels to locate next to the nursery during the opening session of the APSA conference in San Francisco, the programme committee thoughtfully opted for one on gender...
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Novel lines of attack
A nine-line letter was co-authored by academics from two institutions (THES, August 30). Are letters now counting towards the Research Assessment Exercise? Geoff Heaford Media relations manager...
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Spare theory
The forthcoming special issue of American Political Quarterly will describe six different election forecasting models. Pity it has turned down the model proffered by one Harvard academic who bases...
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Clearing the air
Fresh evidence for those who maintain that courses at Middlesex University are out of this world - their clearing advertising campaign will be carried on the SciFi channel of cable television.
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Hearing trials
Detecting hearing problems in newborn babies may reduce the number of children with delayed language development, according to scientists at Southampton University. Researchers have drawn this...
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Ten too many
The Institute for Contemporary British History's conference, "A Century of the Popular Press", is described in its advertising leaflet as covering the period 1886-1996. Perhaps the historians, in...
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Getting the green light
(Photograph) - Getting the green light: Edinburgh Instruments, a spin-off company from Heriot-Watt University, beams a green light laser system to mark the launch of the Scottish Enterprise and Royal...
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Islands start-up
Lord Lindsay, Scottish Office minister for agriculture, environment and forestry, has launched the first degree course for the University of the Highlands and Islands project, a BSc in rural...
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Upping tempo
Clark Brundin, director of the school of management studies at Oxford University and head of Templeton College, Oxford, has earned the term media don after his appearance in the Bedfordshire Times...
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Fringe Wellcome gene
Audience participation is usually one of the less welcome features of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, when innocent theatregoers can find themselves part of the action. But there was no hesitancy...
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Students return to barracks
Old German soldiers who become students rather than simply fading away are to be offered accommodation in all-too-familiar surroundings. Ex-conscripts and former professional soldiers who are...
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One flew into the fellow's head
What is a sociology researcher to do when a pigeon starts a family under her desk? Sarah Nelson explains. Now here is a conundrum for the silly season. What do you do when a pigeon builds a nest...
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Capital ideas
Anthony Hopwood and Colin Mayer take issue with those who would deny Oxford University a school of management. Despite being one of the fastest growing areas of the university system, considerable...