Stemming diseases
Foetal cells hold great promise. John Sinden explains an embryonic science Stem cells are big news. Since the chief medical officer's report recommended that donated human embryos could be used as a...
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Turning science fiction into fact
Reports from the British Association for the Advancement of Science, London, September 6-12, Edward James says sci-fi is science's inspiration Science fiction was defined by one of its most famous...
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Course offers a second chance
Simon Hindle did not really want to do his A levels first time round, so he was not particularly surprised when he failed all three. Being pushed by his parents to do resits was even worse and he...
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Far East opts for UK study
The number of students from outside the European Union planning to take up places at United Kingdom universities is up by 6.2 per cent on last year, according to figures released this week. The rise...
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Vice-chancellor's comments on under-qualified students
A vice-chancellor said this week he would rather "leave some courses unviable" than admit under-qualified students. Lowering entry requirements to fill places would be storing trouble, said Philip...
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Vatican tells truth-seekers to keep the faith
Billed as the greatest-ever international higher education event, the Vatican's "university jubilee" began in Rome this week, the day before the publication of an uncompromising document, under the...
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The devil in disguise
While paying lip-service to anti-elitism, a 'new elite' is cashing in on a population of cultural semi-literates, argues George Walden In education as elsewhere, elites are fast becoming the enemy...
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Why I ... believe people are becoming more interested in studying death
Judith Wester Postgraduate researcher Lancaster University The study of death at an academic level has been taking place for more than 40 years, but is now emerging into a new subject area. Women's...
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First Impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an exuberant Australian novel: " If there was a bishop, my mother would have him for tea. " The winner...
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Euphemism and power
New Labour, New Langauge - The Language War
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Sinking under fat America
State of the World 2000
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Story of one man and his theodolite
The Great Arc
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What's the matter with us?
The Shocking History of Phosphorus - Mendeleyev's Dream
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Diggers' Hall of Fame
Encyclopedia of Archaeology
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A dumping ground for the mind's battle with good and evil
Dictionary of World Myth