Edinburgh University has also won another Pounds 7 million from Wellcome, having been chosen along with Oxford University to take part in a new project to look at the fundamental causes of heart...
A MAP on welfare service provision, drawn by a London School of Economics and Political Science researcher, reveals a significant shift from the public to private sector under Conservative Party rule...
THE impact of global climate change on three arid areas of Africa is the subject of amultinational study led byUniversity of Wales Bangorscientists. The Euro-funded project involves experts in soil...
A project using vegetable oil to clear oil pollution from beaches has won a Pounds 25,000 environmental award from Enterprise Oil and Heriot-Watt University. Stephen Mudge, of the school of ocean...
HINDU and Sikh children worry less about celebrating Christmas than some youngsters who are devout Christians, according to research. In-depth interviews with young people from different ethnic...
CHRISTMAS is a merry time for some, but for people suffering from Seasonally Affective Disorder (SAD) Christmas only makes them sadder. Mental health specialists at the University of Southampton have...
INDONESIA'S National Commission of Human Rights has set up an inquiry into East Timor after violence erupted at the island's university last month. The commission is not known to be sympathetic to...
Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi has put together a campaign team for Monday's general election that includes vice chancellors and heads of state corporations, but no politicians. The move is to...
ITALIAN students have formed a "family liberation front" to campaign for legislation and funding to enable young people to leave home when they go to university. The movement's slogan is "Liberation...
WHEN I was a university teacher in the 1960s student protest was strong and vibrant. Today student protest is still present but muted. What has happened to the passion that drove young people to make...
HELLO-style journalism may be the broadsheet vogue for art reviews and features, but rue the day I find its blithe suspension of critical faculties when turning for cerebral relief to The THES....
DAVID Walker's account of the differences in academe over anti-poverty policy (THES, December 12) is not entirely accurate. The letter to the Financial Times from 54 professors of social policy and...
THE LATEST crop of academic audit reports does not make for cheerful reading. The basic message of the original audits of the "old" universities was that they had precious few corporate quality...
University of Westminster DLitt: David Puttnam, film producer, chairman of Enigma Productions Ltd, member of the Arts Council lottery panel; Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and...
ITALY faces a third legal action by the European Commission over the rights of foreign-language lecturers in Italian universities. The commission confirmed its view that Italian legislation...