Paper still wins when it comes to gravitas
Online scholarly books and journals are still suffering from a credibility problem despite having moved towards more acceptable quality standards, according to a Canadian study that gauged academic...
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A black box that can end a dark despair
Why is there no warning carried with drugs that researchers say increase the risk of suicide? Philip Fine reports. A simple question continually nagged David Healy. For years, the...
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I know I know that monkey
It is obvious that animals remember. When food is abundant, birds and mammals hoard it in caches and can retrieve it days, weeks, even months later when it has become scarce. But because they cannot...
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'There's no pressure on me to succeed'
Olga Wojtas squeezes into a hotel room to hear a nurse's tale of further study. The workshop title, "Perspectives of Adult Learners", seemed pretty standard. The workshop was not. It was held in a...
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Degree class expands
Rising demand for educated workers and higher individual expectations have encouraged more young people to seek a university degree or similar qualification, according to the latest review of...
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Pay deal hostage to Unison stance on bargaining
Unison could scupper the pay deal for all university staff as the union heads for make-or-break talks at its annual conference on Sunday. The deal, which could see some lecturers' salaries rise by 5....
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Presidential honour
South African president Thabo Mbeki this week came to Glasgow Caledonian University to name the Govan Mbeki health building in honour of his father, a veteran of the fight against apartheid. Govan...
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£8 million for Scots projects
Light-emitting wallpaper, computer systems for older people and fish immunology are among 11 Scottish projects to share more than £8 million from the Scottish ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council. This...
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Route treatment
A simulation laboratory to teach clinical operative skills has opened at the University of Liverpool. It allows students to learn intricate operative procedures by watching demonstrations on video...
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Notes transfer site is a big hit
A website for exchanging lecture notes and transcripts of lectures set up by two economics students at La Sapienza University in Rome now has 75,000 registered members and 1 million "contacts" a...
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Team harnesses energy of waves for green power
A team of European small companies and universities has launched an experimental energy device in Plymouth to harness sea wave power efficiently. The device, about 4.5m in diameter and descending 12m...
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Lighter teaching exams show no enlightenment
France is dropping Shakespeare from tests for future teachers. Ruth Morse says the implications are not good. For the second time in three years, Shakespeare has been displaced from France's national...
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Bidding for cash is a time waster
Funding of higher education should be mission-based, writes Patricia Ambrose. The funding needs of higher education have been a major topic of debate of late. Universities UK recently published its...
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Why I... believe architecture is a craft as well as an art
Greg Votolato. Professor of design Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe In the 1948 film The Fountainhead , Gary Cooper's character, Howard Roark, defined the image of the...
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Meet the fresh faces that count
Estelle Morris Secretary of state for education and skills Estelle Morris is likely to bring a "straight-talking breath of fresh air" to higher education policy, according to an academic who has...