Wine is bumped off le menu by cocktail of drugs
Paris. The average French undergraduate drinks little alcohol, doesn't smoke, but might pop a few pills during the course of studies, according to research. Only 2.8 per cent of interviewees said...
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Tutors join in student boozing
Dublin. Students are no longer alone in admitting to binge drinking - lecturers are getting in on the act, according to a study of four colleges by the Irish Health Promotion Unit. Half the students...
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Swiss investigate genocide denier
Istanbul. A Swiss prosecutor is heading an investigation into a Turkish academic suspected of violating anti-racism laws by denying the Armenian genocide. Yusuf Halacoglu made a speech last year in...
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Back our effort to defeat spectre haunting Africa
The G8 should join African students' fight against Aids, which robs the region of vital talent, says Mandisa Mbali. At an academic seminar a few years ago, I noticed that a student I knew had lost a...
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Robin Dunbar remembers having his mind blown
SUMMER OF LOVE: ART OF THE PSYCHEDELIC ERA. Tate Liverpool until September 25 I hadn't realised that I could be part of history so soon. Though, come to think of it, it was 40 years ago. The US phase...
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Heads for the hunting grounds
Are we about to witness another high-level recruitment scramble, with some truly juicy vice-chancellor positions hitting the headhunters' inboxes? Quite possibly. Bournemouth University's Gillian...
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Surprise guy
Tony Blair took the learned societies by surprise this week when he arrived unannounced at their parliamentary meeting about science and the G8. An official for the Royal Society of Chemistry, which...
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No eye for an 'i'?
A picture in lecturers' union Natfhe's magazine, The Lecturer , gets to the heart of the strike over pay at London Metropolitan University. One disheartened looking protester holds aloft a placard...
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Just William, gran and grandpa
News that St Andrews University has awarded Prince William four tickets to his graduation ceremony instead of the usual two - apparently he may have a couple of grandparents in tow - has put many...
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It takes all sorts
Those who claim that the science community is becoming more hip should be aware that there may be some distance to travel. At a recent party thrown for researchers, one scientist eyed a trendy...
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Why I... think the history national curriculum would benefit from a little more colour
Deian Hopkin. Vice-chancellor, London South Bank University When I was nine, long before the national curriculum was dreamt of, my primary schoolteachers told us about great inventors and pioneering...
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No lawyers necessary
Tackling student complaints without resorting to law is faster, fairer and less costly, says Ruth Deech. The first annual report of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) for higher...
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Make campus poverty history
Unison is pressing universities to set the standard by ending their disgraceful low-pay culture, Christina McAnea says. When the higher education pay negotiations resume this week, Unison will push...
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Draft Summary of Conclusions COST JAF Group Meeting1 Held in Warsaw on 19-20 May 2005 (link)
Brussels, 23 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 6/05 Suite of documents 6/05 [...] [Public Info Net automatically generates links to Council Register documents where an appropriately formatted document...
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Provisional Agenda 2670th Meeting of the Council of the European Union (Environment) Date: Friday 24 June 2005 (10.00) (link)
Brussels, 23 Jun 2005 Full text of Document 10133/05 Suite of documents 10133/05 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Approval of the list of "A" items 10284/05 PTS A 33 3. Proposal for a Directive of the...