Brussels, Jan 2005 The majority of existing embryonic stem cell lines may be worthless for therapeutic purposes according to new research carried out by scientists in the US. As reported in the...
Brussels, Jan 2005 The SMART-1 satellite has sent back its first close-range images of the Moon. The pictures were taken from an altitude of between 1,000 and 5,000 kilometres above the lunar surface...
Brussels, Jan 2005 The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), of which the European Union is a member, is calling for research proposals in the field of complex mechanisms of living organisms. The...
Brussels, Jan 2005 A workshop on the lightweight design of aircraft structures will take place in Hamburg, Germany, from 7 to 11 March. The objective of the event is to provide pointers on advanced...
So what are your thoughts on Janet Kennedy? Are you inclined to make an offer of a place? Well, I was reasonably impressed by her references. Good. Shall we run the usual checks? "Date and month of...
Graduates earn 40 per cent more over a lifetime than non-graduates, but what exactly does that differential reflect? If you told Isaiah Berlin that you had liked a book or an article, you always...
Oxford University's green paper, which has caused a predictable stir this week, is a remarkably open document. It admits that, among other failings, "nearly all of the university's core activities...
Universities do not usually hope for applications to be below expectations, but the fact that there appears to be no dramatic leap in demand for places in 2005 will be a source of relief to...
The troubling findings of the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for England's report, which shows that initiatives aimed at widening access for certain social groups are having little effect, should...
Your Access supplement deals in as much fiction as it does fact. We need to get away from the fiction of "leading universities" and instead talk about the fact of leading university schools, leading...
"Teenagers born in September are 20 per cent more likely to go to university than youngsters born in August, a study has revealed." Although there have been major advances in reproductive medicine in...
I am not polyamorist, or gay or bisexual, and I cannot imagine being persuaded to sleep with someone of the same sex. But I am surprised at Peter Leapman's response to Meg Barker (Letters, January 21...
Do we really need the likes of Meg Barker dictating to students and lecturers alike what they can and cannot do in their spare time. Presumably, as consenting adults, both students and lecturers are...
Peter Leapman's arguments are utterly specious and really do not warrant attention. The editorial policy that has (again) allowed such remarks to be published, however, does require further thought...
Barker and Leapman are clearly anxious to generate a controversy around the euphoniously titled polyamory, but the issues at stake really aren't up to it. She was provocative; he was provoked - end...