Tennessee scientists are exploring methods to combat global warming by 'locking up' carbon. Steve Farrar reports. Could genetically superior poplars that suck more carbon dioxide from the air than...
Political lobbying for funds, or pork barrelling, is not helping research in the United States, says James Savage. Academic pork barrelling is all the rage in American higher education these days. In...
The tide has turned on grammar in schools, says Richard Hudson. But are lecturers ready for the new first-year students? Grammar teaching is suddenly in fashion again, with two practical imperatives...
Australia's Securities and Investment Commission has launched an investigation into a leading academic's complaints about claims made by a university-linked biotechnology company. The commission is...
The campaign for an oath to set ethical standards for scientists has suffered a setback after being rejected by one of science's most influential bodies, writes Steve Farrar. The pledge - an...
The Royal Society is changing long-established rules that govern one of science's highest honours -the election of fellows -to ensure deserving candidates are not overlooked. The changes are being...
NEWS Student support: a grant is the only answer for poor students FEATURES Eva Hoffman on history, memory and morality RESEARCH Hunting the fifth dimension; e-genetics; insects and GM crops TEACHING...
Oxford University overtook Imperial College, London in the external research income stakes in 1999-2000. It is also ahead of Cambridge and University College London. Imperial's income from research...
Computer science dropout rate hits 25% More than 25 per cent of students who enrol in computer science courses at Irish universities do not finish their studies, according to the first...
GUARDIAN A Glasgow University study of violence in the sex industry says 80 per cent of street prostitutes suffer assault, and calls for an overhaul of social and legal attitudes. DAILY...
New Deal attracts single parents Nearly 20,000 single parents decided to return to education and training through the government’s New Deal scheme, according to the latest figures. Out of 205,490 who...
" Universities are being flooded with complaints from members of the public shocked by the adult content of emails purporting to come from academic institutions " - THES , February 23. Department of...
It was kind of secretary of state for education David Blunkett to write to me on my retirement, thanking me for my contribution to teaching. I cannot accept his thanks, however, because I have not...
You report that extra money is to be invested in institutions to enable them to improve access arrangements for those in the state school sector ("Hike cash to attract poor", THES, February 19). Can...
The story on the renewal of authorised validating agency licences by the Quality Assurance Agency (News in Brief, THES, February 16) implies that the licence for the Open College of the North West is...