East slams west on eco-probes
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are complaining of a glut of reports on them by western environmental experts. They argue that these reports could have been produced just as well, and more...
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Doctors in degree of doubt
So much for the theory that MPs with small majorities get cautious as elections approach. Michael Stern, Conservative MP for Bristol North-West, edged out his Labour challenger by 45 votes in 1992,...
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Bricks and mortar
(Photograph) - William Buckingham, a final-year history student at Nottingham University, has won the annual Longman/History Today essay prize. A former bricklayer, Mr Buckingham's essay was on...
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Budget assault hits pay claim
The funding crisis provoked by the November Budget is so severe that lecturers' annual pay claim may take a back seat, Joanna de Groot, president of the Association of University Teachers warned its...
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Fees are off - official
The Government has spelled out its strong opposition to the introduction of top-up fees in a clear steer to vice chancellors. One week ahead of the vice chancellors' meeting in London the Department...
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Risk-takers show the way
Post-compulsory education from soup to nuts: not a new idea (what is?) but one which De Montfort University has set about realising with uncommon gusto (page 6). The move, pursued stealthily through...
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Foster points policy finger at Labour
The Labour party has been challenged by the Liberal Democrats to "put up or shut up" on its plans for further and higher educationfunding. Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat education and employment...
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Crossfire in la Rue du Dragon
French intellectuals have regained a place on their country's political map. Stella Hughes explores their growing role Without leaving the Latin Quarter and its academic bookshops, university...
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A reluctant guru on matters between the ears
Howard Gardner talks to John Davies about his theory of human intelligence and his plans to write a book about unusual achievers If Howard Gardner is an authority on intelligence, he sometimes seems...
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The Bible bashers
Keith Whitelam explains to Simon Targett that the Jewish version of the Old Testament is a fiction designed to legitimise Israel and that the history of the Palestinian people has been silenced....
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Reality of ancient Israel
Keith Whitelam explains to Simon Targett that the Jewish version of the Old Testament is a fiction designed to legitimise Israel and that the history of the Palestinian people has been silenced....
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The heavy lid of the Mitterrand years
Asked in 1974 if he would vote for Mitterrand, Jean-Paul Sartre replied: "The problem is not to replace . . . I forget his name . . . ah, yes! Pompidou with Mitterrand. Mitterrand will be the...
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Jury out in the cold on science
Scientists must foster the public's trust in order to improve understanding of their work, argues John Durant In the midst of unprecedented scientific and technological progress our culture is beset...
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The chattering sexes
All-male and all-female groups converse differently. While women's voices combine and overlap, men take it in turns to hold court. Jennifer Coates explains Having friends is something most of us take...
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Regents' shot echoes
The story of affirmative action at the University of California is still continuing. The shot fired by the embattled farmers of the American Revolution was heard round the world. The Board of Regents...