Findings are a bit rich
I am surprised by your report that children from more affluent families are more successful than those from poor families at getting on to many university courses ("Subjects slot into class divide",...
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Facts and famine
Richard Faragher writes (Letters, April 30) that I implied that "farming causes starvation". What was published was: "Famine did not exist as we see it today until advanced agricultural systems were...
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Let access open eyes
I find Frank Furedi's ideas useful in challenging commonsense assumptions. But in suggesting a link between widening access and students with an attitude of "you are here to serve me" ("They expect...
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Mind our Language
Language and Intercultural Communication (reviewed in Books, April 23) is published by Multilingual Matters, not Short Run Press; is quarterly, not bi-annual; and costs £180 ($310/€260) for...
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Fancy a crisp?
The report by Peter Greenhouse of Bristol Royal Infirmary that youngsters in the country's poorest areas are using crisp packets as condoms provided food for thought. It caused me to reflect on the...
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Mining database gold
Your ICT supplement (April 30) reminds me that most education organisations offering degree-level professional qualifications have spent vast sums building and maintaining bespoke databases to...
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Ice age ahead will sink us if we kill current of life
Brian Fagan warns that global warming could shut down the Gulf Stream, locking Europe in a savage winter and the Middle East in a scorching drought for as long as ten centuries. What would happen if...
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A medical means to 'separate the clean from the unclean, the pure from the polluted'
With Sars making a comeback in China, the uneasy politics of forcible mass quarantine is ripe for debate. Linda Vergnani reports Peering through the dusty window of a red-brick building perched above...
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The gift that can carry a hefty price
Collections can boost the standing of institutions that house them, but ownership wrangles highlight the need to establish an archive's purpose and legal standing, says Sally Feldman. King's College...
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Would-be doctors' guides that will make you better - or your money back
Dissatisfied with revision aids on the market, some medical students have produced their own study books - including one that promises to refund your purchase price if you fail a final. Geoff Watts...
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Making the most of different strokes
In the latest in our series tracking sports scientists' role in preparing the British swim team for the Olympics, Ben Carlish talks to a biomechanist. The Australian prime minister, John Howard,...
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Keeping youths on the streets
Rod Morgan's need to get his 'feet dirty' has kept him from a life in the ivory tower but should also stand him in good stead in his latest role as chief executive of the Youth Justice Board, writes...
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Today's news
Degree grades 'are too crude' The traditional degree classification of firsts, seconds and thirds should be scrapped, a government-backed task group will recommend in the summer. The "scoping group"...
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MoU for the Implementation of COST Action 536 "Alloy Development for Critical Components of Environmentally Friendly Power Plant (Accept)" (link)
Brussels, 05 May 2004 Full text of Document 265/04 Suite of documents 265/04 Subject: Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of a European Concerted Research Action designated as COST...
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Public-private partnership to develop new malaria drug
Brussels, 05 May 2004 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is to join forces with GlaxoSmithKline and the Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), a non-profit foundation, in order to develop a new drug...