Sailing with an Achilles' keel
Team Philips is notthe only twin-hulled catamaran to runinto problems.The first 17th-century 'double-bottom' was also a bummer. Stephen Pumfrey reports As the futuristic catamaran Team Philips...
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Is sports engineering worthy of serious research, or is it another way of cheating?
Sports engineering is topical during major sporting events. But is it a legitimate area for research? As a new lecturer in 1994, I was asked which area of research I intended to pursue. My choice of...
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Squirrels help to store organs
The biochemical tricks that the ground squirrel uses to hibernate through the Canadian winter may herald new ways to prolong the shelf-life of human transplant organs. Kenneth Storey and colleagues...
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Pensioner's pass fails to allow access to Tellyland
Older people feel television stereotypes them rather than showing their diversity. Karen Ross discusses a revealing new study Last year, Age Concern published a report that showed that older people...
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You want to be read - make it readable
Scientific papers need not be turgid. Geoff Watts gives a few tips on writing a page-turner that just might win you a reputation Most scientific papers are less than exciting. Along with computer...
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Norman battalions invade cyberspace
Students of military history will no doubt know that next Thursday is the anniversary of the opening salvoes in the Norman Conquest. On September 28 1066, William of Normandy and his battalions...
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Back to basics allows entire sector to blossom
For over a century, teachers have been campaigning for a professional body. Now they have one, with the launch this week of the General Teaching Council (page 7). If the GTC can restore teaching as a...
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Not as clear cut as the hatchet wielders think
Ian Beer believes that it is unfair to caricature independent schools as the tools of a self-perpetuating elite It has been difficult to work out exactly what this summer's row about university...
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Top-up fees will require a political balancing act
From the point of view of the student, the arrival of fees and the abolition of grants mean the same thing - less money and more debt. To university managers, they are different creatures....
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Support for support
While supporting most recent comments about pay and Bett, I do not believe that the blame lies solely with the lack of government funding. Universities have taken decisions to reduce the percentage...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
I am amazed at the number of American professors whose contributions to The THES display not only a total ignorance of our system, but, much worse, an inability to see the lack of coherence and logic...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
It is unfortunate that the strategic value of raising university endowments is judged entirely by the amount of money that can be raised quickly. Even worse is the idea that such endowments should be...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
Limited raw materials and high standards of living mean future UK prosperity will be guaranteed only if we can deliver high-value, innovative products and services. These will come if we have...
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Wham, bam, no thanks Uncle Sam
Tim Knox (Opinion, THES, September 8) paints a picture of long-suffering universities being repeatedly undermined by the state. But students have had it much harder. We have seen many changes for the...
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Sign on to study
A 2 per cent income surtax on graduates would be a good idea (Letters, THES, September 8) if it created automatic funding and eliminated the chase for scholarships, grants and so on. How many hours...