Oxford knows its own business
John Kay's US-style vision for the Said Business School was not appropriate, says David Holmes. John Kay's thinly disguised attack on Oxford University's processes and procedures in last week's THES...
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What's in a name?
The CVCP has been rebranded but the same misguided policies remain, says Peter Knight. The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom is no more. Prompted...
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Why I believe academics should be wary of dealing with repressive regimes
On its website, the Burmese regime describes Burma as "historical", with a civilisation dating back many centuries, and stresses its own role in uncovering Burmese history. Over the past decade it...
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The Sun's in our eyes
Could the natural variability of the Sun be fooling climatologists into underestimating the human impact on the atmosphere? Stuart Clark investigates. At an altitude of 100km lies a natural boundary...
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Bugs find life in cheeses
Antibiotic resistant bugs have been found in cheese despite a three-year-old Europe-wide ban on the agricultural use of the veterinary drug thought to be responsible. The study, by Giorgio Giraffa at...
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Ash cloud root of Dark Ages
A pall of ice clouds could have ringed the globe following the colossal eruption of an Indonesian volcano, blamed by some for triggering the Dark Ages. Computer simulations have added weight to...
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Cutting edge: Colin Barr
Headline writers want only black and white, but research results come in shades of grey. In the past couple of days, the results of Countryside Survey 2000 will have hit (or missed) the newspaper...
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Opening a Pandora's Box of top research
The new head of Australian science organisation Csiro is keen to discover untapped brilliance, writes Julia Hinde. Having helped secure funding for scientific research in post-apartheid South Africa...
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French triple funds for 'mad cow' research
In response to the French public's consternation over rising numbers of cattle infected by BSE, research minister Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg has announced a tripling of the budget for research into...
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Russia forms entente cordiale with Europe
An accord on scientific and technological cooperation has been signed by the EU and Russia. The agreement paves the way for the exchange of information and researchers, as well as allowing free...
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Window on science for all EU citizens
Bionet, an electronic network linking science museums in the EU, is to be launched next year. Funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research, it willcreate a digital exhibition...
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Call for monitoring of stem cell research
A specialist group formed to advise the European Commission on ethical issues has called for staged ethical assessments during EU-funded research on stem cells. The European Group on Ethics in...
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Group to coordinate studies of BSE and CJD
A coordinating group is to be set up by the EU to link research teams across the continent that are investigating the cause and effect of BSE and its human form, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease...
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High bids will boost medical courses
Bids from English universities for new medical places could lead to the opening of two medical schools and to a rapid expansion of four-year graduate-entry medical degrees. The universities of York...
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Medical and nursing students
Medical and nursing students should study complementary and alternative medicine (Cam), according the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee, writes Caroline Davis. Lord Walton's sub-...