Subjects scramble to attract students
THIS summer's clearing looks set to be the fiercest scramble yet for students as some university and college departments have a lot of ground to make up to meet recruitment targets. Although...
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Womb waves
A microwave treatment for women who suffer from abnormally heavy periods is being developed by Bath University researchers. They have been working with gynaecologists at the Royal United Hospital...
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Ethnic challenge
New research from Lancaster University challenges the success of modern apprenticeships, revealing that they continue to be the preserve of white males. Roger Penn, of the university's employment...
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Wide-awake rhubarb
A NEW red-stemmed rhubarb, which does not become dormant in the autumn, has been successfully cloned by researchers and named "Livingstone" after MP Ken Livingstone. Marks and Spencers and Waitrose...
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Engineering change
(Photograph) - Laser technology is coming to the aid of conservationists at the Tate Gallery to help them accurately assess change and damage to paintings. The laser technique is being developed by...
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Shock horror? Clothes to blame
Kam Patel reports on speakers at the Institute of Physics congress in Brighton this week Fed up with getting a nasty electrical shock as you climb out of your car and touch the vehicle body? Blame...
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Exiled Poles may return
Poland has offered to restore citizenship to an estimated 20,000 people, mainly Jews, expelled from the country in 1968. President Aleksandr Kwasniewski announced the decision at a ceremony...
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Pass a test, buy a dress
Politics students at an offshoot of the faculty of political science at Palermo University in Enna will get a 50,000 lire (Pounds 17) clothing voucher for each exam passed as a spur to complete their...
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Laggard students drain the resources in Spain
Less successful students tend to use far more of a university's resources than students who pass course units first time, a study of Spanish universities has found. Students who fail exams and take...
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Lecturers present petition to UK ambassador in Italy
A petition by the 1,500 foreign language lecturers who have accused Italian universities of discriminating against them was formally accepted last week by Tom Richardson, Britain's ambassador in Rome...
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Scientists split over fall of Superphenix
French scientists are divided over the closure of Superphenix, the world's largest fast breeder nuclear reactor, and the reopening of the smaller Phenix fast breeder reactor to study incineration of...
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Deng to guide scholars
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences have been asked to study and adhere to the theories of Deng Xiaoping in academic work. The academy's leadership made the call at its annual...
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Japan shy of target
Japan is unlikely to meet its target of having 100,000 foreign students in its higher education system by 2000. The number of foreign students choosing to study in Japan has started to fall after...
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Rocky relations
(Photograph) - Indonesian students at the National University in Jakarta threw stones at police during a protest this week against the new cabinet of President Suharto, who was re-elected last week....
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University exam is Chinese torture
The world's largest education system has one of the lowest participation rates in higher education. In 1996, just under half the two million Chinese senior secondary school students who sat the...