All-consuming problems
Demand for organic vegetables has risen dramatically in the past few years. Growers, finding themselves unable to supply the quantity or uniform size and appearance demanded by supermarkets, have...
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Appointments
COLLEGE OF LAW Nigel Savage, dean of Nottingham law school, has been appointed chief executive at the College of Law, succeeding Richard Holbrook on his retirement. UNIVERSITY OF READING Graeme...
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All-consuming problems
Les Levidow, Susan Carr and David Wield (left) describe how legislating on genetically modified food is giving the European Union a headache Since the 1980s there has been a wide-ranging debate about...
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Elections
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE D. M. P. Mingos, professor in the department of chemistry at Imperial College, has been elected dean from September 1, succeeding J. B. Pendry.
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Awards
PRINCIPE DE ASTURIAS PRIZE John Elliot, regius professor of history at Oxford University, has won one of Spain's most prestigious academic prizes. He is the ninth winner of the Principe de Asturias...
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Only safe in a lover's arms
Besides the Chernobyls, Brent Spars and other man-made disasters of our time, German sociologist Ulrich Beck's thoughts are turning to love. David Walker reports Look at a map, preferably one in a...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER The following chairs have been appointed: Jeremy Black, former professor of history at the University of Durham; Lammy Betten, associate professor in labour law and social...
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The fascination of fear
Weekly, the media highlight another threat to human health - from BSE to powdered baby milk. But how much do we really know about such risks? Since 1987 the Society for Risk Analysis - Europe has...
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Catastrophe converter
How can the insurance industry's record losses from natural disasters in recent years be reduced? Howard Kunreuther has some solutions The insurance industry is gravely concerned that it cannot...
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Grants
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY European funds Dr D. Dickenson, Pounds 393,443 from the BIOMED 2 programme of the EC (collaborative development of European biomedical ethics practitioner education). UNIVERSITY...
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Exclusive: shock headlines induce horror
How much do the media affect public perception of hazard? Quite a lot, according to a recent American survey. John Davies reports If we know more about health hazards than we used to it is thanks to...
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Honorary degrees
CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON DCL: Peter Taylor, lord chief justice; Michael Cassidy, chairman of the policy and resources committee at the Corporation of London. DSc: Brian Pitman, chief executive of...
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Signed-up members of the at-risk register
What makes some people feel more at risk than others? asks Lennart Sjoberg Striking differences between the attitudes of different European peoples to radiation risks are emerging in a five nation...
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Unfair to blame LEA employers
Smith, Marcus and Peacock (THES, Letters, May 17) blame the breakdown of talks on terms and conditions for local authority-employed FE staff on the "cynicism" of the employers' side. Their attitude...
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Ulster tries to bridge divide
The article on sectarianism in Ulster colleges (THES, May 3) painted a very negative picture of student attitudes in Northern Ireland. It failed to focus on the community relations work being carried...