Poison in the park
Contaminated Land
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Agenda for a better world
Federico Mayor, Unesco's director general, sets the scene for next week's World Conference on Science in Budapest In seeking a new relationship between science and society, the United Nations...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS. www.environment...
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Racial harmony and discord
Just My Soul Responding
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Weed 'em and reap
Journal of Vegetable Crop Production (twice a year)
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Dismal science illumined
Oxford Dictionary of Economics
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Refashioning boys' toys
Christine Whitehouse on a project to re-connect girls to the computing universe on their own terms. Staffordshire University has played a large part in educating computer professionals, both men and...
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Controls on the traffic of ideas
Martin Harris and John Howells take issue with Douglas Hague's warning that the information superhighway may bypass universities Douglas Hague's "Knowledge goes out to market" ( THES, May 24) offers...
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One year older and no richer
Labour has achieved much in its first year in office. Potentially most significant is its success in carrying through John Major's initiative and securing a peace deal in Northern Ireland - if...
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Spanish practices and Cuban homophobia
Vision Machines
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V-cs embrace virtual futures with edge of rivalry
THE potential delights and possible dangers of cyberspace are attracting the attention of Australia's most senior academics. Drawn by the prospect of using the Internet to teach courses more cheaply...
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Honorary degrees
University of Oxford DCL: Roman Herzog, president of the Federal Republic of Germany; Martin Jacomb, chairman of the British Council; Peter Taylor, former Lord Chief Justice of England. DLitt:...
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NVQs suffer a skills blow
NEARLY 40 per cent of assessors of national vocational qualifications admit to passing sub-standard students, according to a survey out this week. The finding is a big blow to the Government's...
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Europeans protect university tradition
David Jobbins reports from Palermo on higher education's preparations for the 1998 Unesco world conference. EUROPEAN rectors have lent their support to a declaration on the future of Europe's...
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And the first prize goes to...teaching
The National Teaching Fellowships Scheme is shortly to award its first 20 prizes. But, as Jennifer Currie reports, the winners see the awards less as personal gain than as a tribute to their...