Mission to catch a comet
The countdown to one of the longest shots in the history of space exploration has begun, writes Steve Farrar. The Rosetta probe will have to avoid destruction on the launch pad and being drowned in...
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Student unions reject academic boycott of Israel
Student unions are spurning attempts to extend the academic boycott of Israel to the undergraduate community. Following moves by academics to boycott Israeli institutions in protest at its treatment...
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'Scrooge' pay deal rejected
Further education lecturers' union leaders are threatening to call for renewed strike action after employers failed to improve their pay offer last week, writes Tony Tysome. Pay talks ended in a...
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Ditch the Prozac and get a placard
Demonstrating is good for your health. Psychologists at Sussex University have found that taking part in mass protests has the sort of positive effect that has been linked with speeding physiological...
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Linguists angered by course closures
Language specialists say a funding review is increasingly urgent following a decision to axe German degrees at Stirling University and a feared threat to Slavonic studies at Glasgow University....
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Surfers ride into careers
Traditionalists who mocked Plymouth University's controversial "surfing degree" as one of the worst examples of dumbing down were invited to eat their words this week as the first cohort of graduates...
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Suffering an ID crisis? Then go shopping
Shopping is part of a fundamental search to discover the real self, says York University sociologist Colin Campbell. In his paper I Shop, therefore Know that I Am he argues that retail therapy is a...
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In the news: Howard Davies
The London School of Economics will be hoping that its choice of new director will bring energy and dynamism to the institution despite complaints that the last organisation he led "fell asleep on...
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Next issue - Jan 3
News Strategic review: briefing notes for the big day Features Laurie Taylor comes face to face with Richard Sennett What makes an academic into a Big Thinker? Books Thes reviewers pick their books...
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Who falls behind in pursuit of justice?
Student disability is on the funding councils' agenda. Alison Goddard reports Disabled students do not receive all the benefits due to them, data published this week imply. Just 1.4 per cent of...
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Loan rescues Cern
The European Investment Bank has made a e300 million (£190 million) loan to particle physics laboratory Cern. The money will go towards the final construction phase of the Large Hadron Collider, the...
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Bar Council attacked
The head of the College of Law has criticised the Bar Council for its failure to support trainees through Bar school. "I am disappointed but not surprised," said Nigel Savage. "The legal profession...
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Morris honoured
Former education secretary Estelle Morris is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Warwick. Ms Morris, secretary of state from June 2001 until October 2002, began her teacher training...
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Refugees' skills wasted
Female refugees with experience and qualifications as teachers, nurses and doctors face major obstacles to working in the UK, a skills survey among those living in London reveals. The study, by the...
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Scottish pay action
Staff at the Scottish Agricultural College have voted to take industrial action next month. Some 84 per cent of members of trade union Prospect backed the move; the turnout was 75 per cent. Union...