Sponges soak up bonus for Papua
A landmark agreement has been signed in Vancouver that offers a developing country a share of funding for its contribution to drugs research. The terms of the agreement between the universities of...
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In the news: Ken Boston
Ken Boston has weathered the occasional storm. As the new chief executive of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, he was this week pitched into the row over whether exam boards deliberately...
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Don's diary: Happy as a pig in mud
Sunday Back to the Pig's Nose Inn in East Prawle, Devon, to prepare for the next group of Earthwatch volunteers. Dinner tickets, field emergency plans, clipboards, first-aid kits, fluorescent jackets...
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Attractive package?
Some plain Yorkshire speaking emanates from the University of Sheffield, from where Mahesan Niranjan, a professor of computer science, has posted a job advert to an email list. It reads: "The...
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Doctors' rounds a must
While the National Union of Students urges freshers not to get drunk, the first students of the Peninsula Medical School may well be tempted to turn to the bottle on their first day. Prime minister...
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Chuff luck
Readers will remember how vice-chancellors abandoned plans to hire a special train carriage for the journey to and from their annual conference in Aberystwyth after a ribbing in The THES . So,...
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Alarming behaviour
More late-night fun and games at the UUK conference involved semi-naked people and a cigar. Nothing Clintonesque about it, though. Merely that some bon viveur was apparently enjoying a fine cigar at...
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In by a whisker
Literary critic Terry Eagleton, professor of cultural theory at the University of Manchester, has made it into the Beard Hall of Fame, announced last week. Professor Eagleton reached the final 30...
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Working life's a circus
Efforts to banish Monday morning blues have plumbed new depths. Delegates attending an international conference at the University of Edinburgh last week discussed the role of dance and drama at work...
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It's a tricky business
The Open University Business School could perhaps itself benefit from some management training. Prospective alumni bombarded its switchboard recently, worried their MBA degree certificates would be...
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Knock all you like, but this government's door is shut
Why does higher education need a radical review, and why is it taking place in secret? asks Diana Green Myriad reviews of institutional funding and student finance were conducted in the run-up to the...
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Dull star shows it's really hot stuff
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Sun - Nearest Star
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A little lost with A to Z
The Penguin Archaeology Guide
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Founded on a love for sharks with one ear
The British Museum
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Chinese whispers, a dangerous game
Treason by the Book