Science reveals its glam side
Schoolchildren from across the country challenged scientists over whether genetic advances were allowing them to play God during a junior question time at the Royal Society last week. While some of...
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No gongs for Blair bunch
The Political Studies Association held its annual awards ceremony last week. While many high-profile politicians received awards - including former foreign secretary Robin Cook, London mayor Ken...
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Don's diary: taking snaps in Miami
Monday Halfway through a research fellowship and I've hit a brick wall. I came to the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, founded by Mitchell Wolfson Junior, for its huge collection of 1930s...
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Why I...believe it's time to recognise the knowledge-transfer profession
The Lambert review has recognised that there is a skills gap in knowledge transfer and that, at best, current training and continuing professional development provide only limited support. While...
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Tackling a poor show
Will underprivileged students benefit from new government proposals? asks Jo Blanden "Education must be a force for opportunity and social justice, not for the entrenchment of privilege." This is the...
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The world stops with Europe
Vinita Damodaran and Richard Grove detect a worrying move towards Eurocentrism When visitors walk into the London headquarters of the British Academy the first thing they see is a fine bust of...
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Who cares if you want to study for a degree?
Whatever the fate of the government's proposal for £3,000 variable tuition fees, the days when student debt merely meant owing your mates a round at the bar have long gone. When MPs debate the impact...
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Survey reveals that taxpayers favour students over toddlers
A key government justification for top-up fees will be undermined by next week's British Social Attitudes survey, which will show that taxpayers want public cash to be spent on university students...
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Price of failure more than £10bn, v-cs warn
Universities are facing a 10 billion financial black hole that is sure to grow if the top-up fee legislation falls, vice-chancellors warned this week. Vice-chancellors' lobby Universities UK will ask...
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Cambridge says it needs fees to pay for bursaries
A new £8 million bursary scheme will underline Cambridge's commitment to poor students, but the university needs top-up fees to be able to afford it, vice-chancellor Alison Richard has said....
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NUS fears over access watchdog
The Office for Fair Access will fail to ensure justice for students from less well-off backgrounds, the National Union of Students said this week. Responding to the consultation by the Admissions to...
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Go private, principal tells elite
England's top universities should leave the state sector and become private institutions if the government really wants them to compete with the best in America, according to a Scottish principal....
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Raise levy on high earners, union says
Raising income-tax levels for the highest earners is a better way to solve higher education's funding crisis than charging fees, according to an "alternative" white paper from the Cambridge...
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Today's news
Blunkett leads top-up fees revolt Tony Blair was hit by a cabinet revolt against university top-up fees yesterday. ÌÇÐÄVlog secretary David Blunkett led ministers demanding that the prime minister find...
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Commissioner David Byrne: "Irrational Fears or Legitimate Concerns" - Risk Perception in Perspective, Risk Perception: Science, Public Debate and Policy Making Conference Brussels, 4 December 2003
Brussels, 4 December 2003 Introduction I am delighted to welcome you all to this conference on risk perception, science, public debate and policy making. We have assembled an impressive line up of...