Fervour of a rational treasure
Christopher Wood discovers what really drives biologist Richard Dawkins to wonder. It is too early to describe the landscape of the post-Hutton report world. But just in case the days of a free press...
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Make a killing as a screen icon
In a field dominated until recently by American texts, these three books add to a growing literature that focuses on online business activity from a UK perspective. All three offer case studies and,...
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Top cancer expert, 91: 'I'll go to jail for science'
One of the world's leading cancer researchers, 91-year-old Sir Richard Doll, has said he would be willing to go to prison for breaking one of the many new laws that academics believe are stifling...
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Pay set for local free-for-all
The national academic pay system began to crumble this week as leading universities forged ahead with plans to set their own pay levels - despite the strike by the largest academic union. The...
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In the news: Andrew Wakefield
Andrew Wakefield is back in the news after being accused of concealing a potential conflict of interest in his 1998 study purporting to link the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel...
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Appointments
* Graham Winch , professor of business analysis in the University of Plymouth's Business School, has been made president-elect of the Systems Dynamics Society. He will serve as society president for...
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'I think they've gone to the pub'
Phil Baty tours the AUT picket lines to look at the effect of the strike action over pay and conditions "Is there a strike?" asked Rigas Oikonomou, a Greek masters' student at the London School of...
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Ministers to rule out bursaries for maths
Ministers look set to rule out national bursaries or fee waivers for maths undergraduates despite warnings that too few students are studying the subject at uni-versity, The Times Higher has learnt....
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MP claims Oxford likely to go private
Oxford University will be forced to "go private" and charge students Pounds 15,000-plus for courses when the cap on tuition fees is reviewed at the end of the decade, an MP claimed this week. David...
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Amazon divulges malaria antidote
One of the most potent anti-malarial chemicals known to science has been found in the Amazon rainforest, unnoticed by the indigenous people who often fall victim to the disease. University...
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Next week
FUNDING ALLOCATIONS What will your university get? Also Jagdish Bhagwati : Why globalisation is good The Enlightenment : Jeremy Black reviews two books connected with the 250th anniversary of the...
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Hard-up research 'heading for crisis'
The perennial debate over the way universities receive government research funds was reignited this week amid warnings that the sector is once again "galloping away to disaster". A report on the...
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Future science outlined for Brown
The government's seven research councils have told Treasury officials how their research is likely to develop over the next ten years in response to the long-term science review announced by the...
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University ties help business foster innovation, report finds
Firms are far more likely to be innovators if they have links with universities, the most comprehensive survey of innovation in the UK to date has found. Only one in five firms without university...
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QAA links quality faults to cash flow
One in three students drops out of degree courses at further education colleges, quality watchdogs have found. Overworked staff, badly stocked libraries and high student dropout rates are among the...