Political animals
No contest for the Chicago participant whose name makes it most difficult to fulfil expectation -- James Thurber of the American University. Not a bloodhound or a picaresque anecdote of Ohio...
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Out to tender
The latest bulletin from the Institute of Food Research in Norwich is a celebration of the persistence of scientists, this time in trying to find an objective measure of our subjective experiences of...
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Sock it to me
Bristol University staff have been told to pull their socks up - carefully. "The cushioning discs between the vertebrae in the spine fill with fluid during the night, replacing the fluid squeezed out...
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Recruitment agency faces data probe
A former part-time lecturer at North Tyneside College has heard this week that the Data Protection Registrar is to investigate his complaint about the way his private name and address were supplied...
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Science of the beat
Science of the beat: American west coast drummer Russ McKinnon gave a special seminar at Bournemouth University's percussion development unit this week. The unit is the only research unit in a...
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Unions agree on dual membership
A joint membership scheme has been agreed by the MSF and AUT which the unions hope will end embarrassing defections from one to the other, writes David Charter. The agreement, announced at the Trades...
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Universities pursue job grading scheme
Universities are pushing ahead with plans for a system to define staff roles in higher education "from porter through to professor". A computerised model evaluating manual, administrative, technical...
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Funding tops poll agenda
Vice chancellors aim to leave political parties in no doubt before the next election how they want funding reformed to guarantee the quality of British higher education. That means spelling out what...
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V-Cs protect quality
Universities and colleges have presented the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kenneth Clarke, with a multi-billion pound list of measures needed to protect standards in further and higher education. In...
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Ropa cash for 'second rate'
Academics and industrialists charged with assessing research proposals for Realising Our Potential, a multimillion-pound Government award scheme, are worried about the quality of work being funded....
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Myth of gene god exploded
The Health and Safety Commission has dismissed as "science fiction" fears that genetic engineering will lead to the creation of "mermaids and dinosaurs", writes Kam Patel. Launching a report by the...
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Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division
(Photograph) - Student digs: A team from Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division is excavating a very rare Neolithic settlement thought to be more than 5,000 years old in the middle of a...
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Thieves target college accounts
At least six colleges in the south-east were targeted by a sophisticated fraud operation over the summer vacation, it emerged this week. The Further Education Funding Council swung into action on...
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Disposable assets
Should we recycle paper? Roland Clift and David Pearce disagree about the most economical and environmental way of getting rid of rubbish. The paper industry is investing in recycling. The recent...
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Right turns
The fascists are back - but the old thugs have been joined by new activists sporting blue blazers over their black shirts. Roger Eatwell reports. As the Russian armies neared the Fuhrerbunker in late...