A dilemma in the way of science
THES writers report on changes to legislation on stem-cell research as nations struggle with their consciences. The UK was the first country in the world to pass laws to permit researchers to use...
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In the news: Roger Kline
If there is one man best placed to deal with the potentially explosive negotiations (news, page 4) over the implementation of new pay structures for universities being finalised this week, it is...
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Today's news
Emmanuel flexes minds and muscles Emmanuel has been rated the best college for academic performance at Cambridge University. The college leads the Tompkins table of exam results for the first time...
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Get real, top-up fees are the only option we have
MP Kerry Pollard had opposed top-up fees. Now he is convinced they are necessary. He explains what changed his mind When top-up fees for universities were first suggested, I vigorously opposed them....
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Harry Kroto
Nanoscience is just a new term for vast swaths of modern science, and whatever threat is posed today is in no way novel. Oh no, here we go again. The self-appointed saviours of the world, who scan...
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Don's diary: An arctic voyage to study hot current events
Monday Meet scientists, artists and film-makers who will share this trip to highlight the effects of ocean currents on us and our climate. We will sail on a 100-year-old schooner around Spitsbergen,...
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Party prizes
The Reverend Ian Paisley's firebrand Democratic Unionist Party lost no time in denouncing a £300 bursary at Queen's University, Belfast, in the name of murdered nationalist solicitor Pat Finucane as...
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Legal eagle
And another legal success story: Eddie "the eagle" Edwards, formerly Britain's first and only Olympic ski jumper, has graduated in law from De Montfort University. Famous for coming last with some...
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In a slurry to delegate
Alistair Boxall, a pollution researcher at Cranfield University, has strong ideas about academic leadership. Faced with an experiment in which chemicals were to be added to 70,000 litres of pig...
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Super-sensitive
Education secretary Charles Clarke was technologically challenged at the launch of the government's e-learning strategy consultation document at Birkbeck College, London, last week. Lights and sound...
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Why I think we should end apartheid between English and cultural studies
Catherine Belsey, Professor of English at Cardiff University and chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory. She will give a plenary lecture at the "English - The Condition of the Subject"...
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Let's keep it simple
Britain needs to roll four research councils into one national body, says David Giachardi Albert Einstein said: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." If Einstein...
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Repay £15,000? Nuts to you
Mark McGowan intends to pay his student loan in kind by rolling a peanut across London On September 1, I will start pushing a monkey nut seven miles across London. With my nose. I have just finished...
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12 nations unite to advance stem-cell research
The push to unlock the therapeutic potential of human stem cells has been boosted by an international effort to coordinate research. Twelve top scientific nations, including the UK and US, have...
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Lambert: central controls must go
Universities should be freed from central government management, according to the man charged with seeking industry's views on the running of higher education institutions. Richard Lambert told The...