Scientists find a parallel world
"When you are inside Parliament you get the impression that very few people know about science. That needs to change," Mark Lancaster, one of the partners in an experimental Royal Society scheme...
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Boycott of TV MMR debate under attack
Scientists and doctors who backed out of a potentially hostile television debate about the measles mumps and rubella vaccine wasted an important opportunity, key figures in science communication have...
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Pay dispute prompts AUT to ballot on action that will 'hurt students'
Old universities could be hit by a wave of industrial action designed to "hurt students" as early as February next year, writes Phil Baty. The executive committee of the Association of University...
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Brown to budget for R&D
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week said he wanted to make Britain "the best location" in the world for science, research and development. Delivering his pre-budget report to the Commons on Wednesday,...
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Science pitch for cash
Research Councils UK this week published its vision for science for the next ten years. The document is the latest tool in the battle to secure more money in the forthcoming spending review. The...
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Counting on colleagues
An institute for mathematical science was launched at Imperial College London this week. Some 50 mathematicians - both staff and visiting fellows - will work for three-year stints researching...
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Forger behind bars
A Manchester man was jailed this week after helping illegal immigrants obtain student visas with forged documents. Samoury Toure, 53, of Moss Side, Manchester, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment...
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Draft law on organ use
The government has published the Human Tissue Bill to regulate the retention and use of human tissue and organs in medical research, in the wake of the Alder Hey and Bristol inquiries. The proposed...
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Clarke pushes variable scheme
Education secretary Charles Clarke went head to head with Labour rebels this week, making his pre-Christmas sales pitch for top-up fees repaid through a graduate contributions scheme rather than a...
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Rebel MPs furious over v-cs' support for government line
Rebel Labour MPs this week turned on vice-chancellors for backing the government's top-up fee plans, writes Alison Goddard. Universities UK sparked fury this week when it published the case for...
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Testing times for Cambridge types
Testing prospective students on their ability to think is proving better than A levels and interviews at predicting subsequent academic success, a conference heard this week, writes Alison Goddard....
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EU cash plans put on hold
European plans to fund human embryonic stem-cell research have been put on ice after ethical objections from three countries. A proposal by the European Commission to grant central European Union...
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MRC chief calls for budget to double
Britain's success in biomedical research is "miraculous" given its budget, but without a massive injection of cash it will be lost, the new chief executive of the Medical Research Council warned MPs...
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Stem-cell work under threat
UK stem-cell researchers face the prospect of greater international isolation as opponents in the European Parliament and the United Nations consider moves to restrict their work. A bid to get...
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The highs and lows of the peripatetic life
Working as an academic commuter is difficult and stressful, writes Ruth Morse, but it can have its benefits If anyone had told me, in the 1970s, that I would spend most of my time commuting...