RAE sidelines youth
Dave Toke's claim ("RAE rules may lead to cull of older staff", August 5) that the 2008 research assessment exercise threatens older researchers rests on two assumptions. First, that he is no better...
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Don't bet on it
Veronica King of the National Union of Students stated in the report about online poker that it's easy to see how students may be tempted to play because student debt is so high ("St Hilda's is flush...
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Quality throughout
Your article about the recruitment of assessors for degree-awarding powers and university title (DAP/UT) applications suggests that they do not need to be trained Quality Assurance Agency reviewers...
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Keep science honest 1
Tim Birkhead says there should be courses on "doing science" that address scientific dishonesty (Working Knowledge, July 22). At St Andrews University, we already have one: a second-year...
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Keep science honest 2
Perhaps the potential risk posed to hospital patients by an online essay service targeted at nursing students ("Online essay site 'may put patients at risk'", August 5) could easily be minimised by...
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Cathedral confusion
Tut tut, John Beckett, for citing (Letters, August 5 ) Southwell as a town with a cathedral (it does not have one - it has a minster) and Nottingham as a city without a cathedral (it has one - the...
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Eleven years - that's one long tutorial ...
There is lifelong learning and then there is Johnny Lechner. Stephen Phillips meets Wisconsin's eternal student This is the year," exclaims University of Wisconsin student Johnny Lechner. Then again...
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The battle that just rages on and on
John D. Barrow grapples with infinity - a concept great minds have struggled to grasp - and charts the way it has shaped our view of the universe The boundless, timeless and endless have attracted...
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Places to unwind the mind
Andrew Motion does it on the beach, Linda Colley in the pool and Freeman Dyson on the bus. Anthea Lipsett explores some inspirational places On the wide sands of Holkham beach there is plenty of...
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The tomorrow people
Procrastination is a common affliction, particularly among students. Michael North ponders the reasons why some folk don't just do it Penny Aspinell, student counsellor at Leeds University, runs...
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Today's news
College cuts ties with Islamic institute A university has severed its ties with an Islamic college alleged to have links with a radical cleric who is likely to be banned from entering Britain. The...
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Second publication of Commission's opinions clearing plans for radioactive waste disposal at two French nuclear sites (OJ links)
Brussels, 10 August 2005 The following notices have been published in the Official Journal of the EU. They appear to be identical to those published on 8 August (see items dated 4 April on...
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Addressing the approaching revolution in particle physics
Brussels, 10 Aug 2005 An approaching revolution in the understanding of the most basic physical laws governing the Universe will bring some 600 physicists and engineers to an intensive two-week...
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French researchers help to reveal manipulative nature of malaria parasite
Brussels, 10 Aug 2005 Mosquitoes are more attracted to people infected with the transmissible stage of malaria, according to a new study by French and Kenyan researchers. And it appears to be the...
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Swedish student company wins entrepreneurship award for pedestrian mood reflectors
Brussels, 10 Aug 2005 Young innovators in Sweden have been rewarded for their 'pedestrian mood reflectors' through the Junior Achievement-Young Enterprise (JA-YE) European company of the year...