'Mad sheep' disease gets research funding
A Pounds 3.8 MILLION grant for research into scrapie, the sheep equivalent of "mad cow disease", has been announced. The funding, from the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and...
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Verdict on new food standards agency due
FINAL comments on the James report, which recommends the establishment of an independent Food Standards Agency, are due this week. The initial report, published last month by Professor Philip James...
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Desire for discovery must be preserved: Ogilvie
CHILDREN'S enthusiasm for discovery must not be smothered by poor pay, prospects and social standing, warns Dame Bridget Ogilvie, director of the Wellcome Trust. Writing in the Trust's annual review...
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Fellows object to museum development plans
CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge are to be put to a vote next month. Fellows at Cambridge University's Peterhouse College, neighbours of the Fitzwilliam, have...
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Oxford Said yes
ONS, lawyers and businessmen this week lent their ears to the final act of Oxford University's business school drama, performed at the city's Sheldonian Theatre. Some came to reject Wafic Said, some...
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Ropas boost the basics
BLUE-SKY research projects worth Pounds 19.5 million won government backing this week as part of an initiative to encourage links between universities and industry. In all, 233 basic research...
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Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology report
Transferring money between higher education funding and research councils could be seen as merely "moving deckchairs on the national research ship", not addressing - and possibly exacerbating - the...
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Research papers
Research papers relating to the stories on this page (where indicated) can be found through THESIS, The THES Internet Service at: http://thesis.newsint.co.uk
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Foetuses feel the rhythm
Three research projects reveal the many roles music can play MUSIC may prove the key to detecting learning difficulties in children while they are still in the womb. Research at the University of...
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Walking for a loan
(Photograph) - As Chile's universities entered the third week of a student strike, thousands of students demonstrated in the capital, Santiago, to demand improvements to the loans system.
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Careers service overhaul urged
The Government should be concerned about weaknesses in the careers services of higher education institutions, according to a report to be published next week. While further education students and...
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London duo faced cash meltdown
WESTMINSTER and Guildhall universities were close to financial disaster last year as they struggled to control serious budgetary deficits, according to a new compilation of accounts from London...
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Council sets college funding targets
THE Further Education Funding Council may take the unprecedented step of dictating college targets for growth as part of its drive to achieve funding parity between institutions, it emerged this week...
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Labour schism opens exam void
A senior civil servant has admitted that his staff have been given only "sketchy policy directions" about the future of qualifications for 16-19-year-olds. Michael Richardson, director of...
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Rationalisation of exam boards
The DFEE was due to announce a rationalisation of the exam boards this week. Labour in opposition favoured replacing the six A-level boards with a single, national body to guarantee parity between...