The industrial evolution
Can Darwinism be applied to technological innovation? John Ziman examines the analogy between biological and cultural evolution. Go to a technology museum, and look at the bicycles. Then go to a...
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Unions reject 1.5%
The two biggest lecturers' unions were on a collision course with their employers this week following the rejection of a "lamentable" pay offer and "sweatshop" industrial relations strategy. The...
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Glasgow leads brain gain
Glasgow University is at the hub of a new international consortium which aims to advance understanding of brain injury and its treatment. Head injury is a major cause of death of young adults in...
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Clinton pushes tax break
President Bill Clinton has placed higher education firmly on to the election agenda in the United States with his proposal for a tax break that would effectively provide two years of free or cut-...
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Time called on Bar arguments
As the Bar Council proposes reforms in barristers' training, two legal eagles respond to Nigel Savage's criticisms of the Lord Chancellor's committee. As an official of one of the two authorised...
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Ill-fitting genes
The idea of a genetic blueprint that makes humans a simple matter of biological cause and social effect makes Richard Lewontin see red. To be called "the most brilliant scientist I know" by none...
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3,000 jobs to go
Three thousand jobs will go in English universities following last year's Budget settlement, according to research by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals. This news came as the Higher...
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Shephard admits skills shortage
Education Secretary Gillian Shephard this week admitted that the country's workforce is "lagging behind" international competitors in terms of basic skills of literacy and numeracy. Labour's...
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Lisburn college eyes west Belfast centre
A second Ulster college has entered the fray to provide further and higher education in west Belfast. The scheme could encroach on the University of Ulster's plans for a "peaceline" campus at...
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How old is that lobster in the tank?
After seafood lovers have taken a table in their favourite restaurant and selected a fine-looking lobster from the glass tanks teeming with live crustaceans, the question of the creature's age may...
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Job at last for top prof
The embarrassment is over for York University now that Canada's 1995 professor of the year has been awarded a full-time job. Although she was an award-winning teacher prior to this distinction from...
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Time called on Bar arguments
As the Bar Council proposes reforms in barristers' training, two legal eagles respond to Nigel Savage's criticisms of the Lord Chancellor's committee. Professor Savage is disappointed with the Lord...
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Thatcher brickbat
Lecturers at Brunel University have condemned the "secrecy" surrounding the decision to award Baroness Thatcher an honorary doctorate. The Association of University Teachers says it will be calling...
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Dose of reality in standards debate
In an Institute of Directors survey on education one respondent recently complained of a conspiracy between Conservatives, Labour and the education establishment: "It is as if there were a tacit...
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Peak practice
(Photograph) - Peak National Park and Sheffield University are collaborating on a dig at Gardoms Edge in the Peak District. Bill Bevan, an archaeologist with the national park, works on some carved...