Drink-drive chips set to tackle disease
Technology created to catch drink-drivers will be used by Australian scientists to develop new treatments for cancer, Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease. Sensor chips used in breathalysers will...
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Calcium may help to prevent pre-eclampsia
Calcium could help pregnant women to reduce the risk of developing pre eclampsia, a study suggests. Academics at the University of the Witwatersrand and University of Fort Hare in South Africa, Leeds...
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The stalked, the humiliated and the YouTubed
It was brave of David Harker to speak about his ordeal at the hands of a female student stalker (page 2). Thankfully, it is not an experience most people working in academe will have shared. But...
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Every nugget of quality deserves our attention
Universities must ensure that Government recognises and rewards the best research wherever it is found, says Paul Wellings. It is a disturbing thought that, for the non-science units of assessment,...
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'We are intending to give degrees to students who can't get a C at GCSE in maths and English. Why?'
I am writing this a week before the A-level results. As is now traditional, Government ministers and others with a vested interest in current arrangements have been getting their retaliation in first...
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Proof of the PhD is not in the reading
The purpose of the 21st- century doctoral degree has changed, says Alistair McCulloch. Two research students are studying for PhDs under the same supervisor. Both are preparing to submit. One asks a...
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Enough to drive you crazy
Staff at the University of Central Lancashire who forked out for an annual staff parking permit were less than happy with a recent missive from UCL transport services manager Fiona Baynton-Roberts....
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Psorry tale of psychic Psimon
The Times Higher's article last week about the study of parapsychology - psi - in UK universities certainly raised some eyebrows. Among more than 100 comments left by bloggers after The Guardian...
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Brainwave not quite Brainstorm
"The Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen may have to look to their laurels," the University of East Anglia announced this week. The university has made a bid to become "the next big thing" in the world of...
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A couple of niggling concerns
An internal survey by the Higher Education Funding Council for England is revealing. Staff are more satisfied compared with other "high-performing organisations" except in two areas: "satisfaction...
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Who you calling a thicko prole?
Even in the liberal confines of academe, there is one form of prejudice that remains alive and well, as Dr Chav knows I am a product of a white-trash family. I overcame the innate learning...
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Stop the conveyor belt, I want to get off
Academics need a new, less managerial model to develop their teaching skills, insist Jan Meyer and Ray Land. Many highly qualified and, indeed, distinguished academics feel they have gone straight to...
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All big bucks but little bang?
Contrary to the fears of many academics ("Goodbye Blue Skies?", August 10), I do not believe that using economic criteria to judge research would be a problem if the criteria were truly "economic" -...
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All big bucks but little bang?
As a lifelong Marxist, I welcome moves to allocate research funding on the basis of the economic impact of the work carried out. Since the ultimate aim of all my work is to help in the struggle to...
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All big bucks but little bang?
Although I can sympathise with Alan Jenkins ("Professor says teaching focus blocked career", August 10), I fail to see why this story is news any longer. We all now know that in a market-based...