Too much theory, laments inventor
James Dyson, multi-millionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, is fiercely critical of what he regards as a damaging shift towards "an overly theoretical, navel-gazing" approach to the...
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Design primed for RAE
Design departments are more intent than ever before on showing off the quality of their research for the forthcoming research assessment exercise, writes Kam Patel. Optimism about the health of...
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Strike row over 5-minute marking
Staff and students have attacked a "degrees 'R' us mentality" at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, claiming that planned new workloads for business school academics allow only five...
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Fishel judgment puts an end to 'blind-eye' culture
The case of Nottingham vs Dr Fishel (right) highlights the need for clear guidelines governing academics' commercial pursuits, if talent is not to be driven out. Steve Farrar reports. There are many...
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IVF pioneer had been profiting from the work of university's researchers
The High Court judgment by Mr Justice Elias raises key issues potentially affecting all university academics who carry out external paid research work. His draft judgment illuminates the grey world...
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Elite few dominate in funding expansion
Funding allocations, full details, pages I-IV Large, research-led universities will take the lion's share of extra students enrolling next year as part of the expansion of higher education. In his...
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Non-sexist harassment
'The critical finding, in our view, was that Professor Xydeas treated his subordinates evenhandedly, that is badly, without discriminating between the sexes' Manchester University has been cleared of...
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Natfhe demands investigation
Lecturers' union Natfhe has called on education secretary David Blunkett to investigate The THES's revelations that Derby University admitted students to degree courses in Israel without agreed...
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Should an ivory tower turn fortress?
University life can give a false sense of security - drug abuse, vandalism and theft are constant worries. Claire Sanders reports on campus policing One day last month Alan Naylor, head of security...
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Knocking on EU's door
With massive government backing, Slovenia is developing a high-tech economy, say it's ministers. Michael de Laine reports. Proceeds from privatisation and massive government support are to be used in...
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Mariner marvel
History's greatest prehistoric mariners, the Polynesians, may have first gained their sea legs in the waters between Taiwan and China, a new archaeological study has suggested. Research into the...
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Science of spin
The days of conventional electronics could be numbered. Competing teams of scientists are preparing to announce the creation of memory chips that use the spin and not the charge of an electron to...
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Bay watch
Plutonium from Soviet underwater nuclear tests has contaminated life in an Arctic bay and spread in a plume to one of the world's most important fisheries. In the first scientific investigation in...
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The shooting
International scientists are attempting to shed light on the dynamics of the universe's mass. Paul Bompard reports from Rome One of the most ambitious and costly experiments ever attempted in...
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Researchers at the Gran Sasso laboratory
Researchers at the Gran Sasso laboratory believe they have detected particles that could explain one of the great mysteries of the universe. The details of the discovery will be announced this week...