The China syndrome
Western university links with China are growing. But the imprisonment of US academic Song Yongyi has set alarm bells ringing. Tim Cornwell reports Kill a rooster to scare a monkey" was the Chinese...
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Keeping good relations
In 1998-99 more than 4,000 Chinese students were in the United Kingdom, and the numbers are growing. It is hard to find anyone with a bad word to say about the new mood of cooperation. Colin Bates,...
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The lives and loves of the ubiquitous Gore Vidal
As biographer to Gore Vidal, Fred Kaplan not only found himself conversing with giants of film and literature, but also in a legal spat with Vidal himself. Jennifer Wallace reports Fred Kaplan seems...
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Bricks and mortar of the 21st century
Materials science promises future health and wealth. But in the fourth part of a series on the state of degree subjects, Colin Humphreys warns that without more cash and courses, Britain will be...
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Confidence boost
(Photograph) - Confidence boost: despite 'exercising satisfactory stewardship over academic quality and standards', Liverpool University must make improvements in 14 areas before full confidence can...
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Cain and able
The evidence Judith Mitchell adduces for her new Cain theo- ry ("Brother Cain, sister Jane", THES, February 4) demonstrates little more than that psychoanalysts can always find "corroborations" for...
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Quest for equality
A new review may give poorer Northern Irish students more cash, says minister Sean Farren It has been a hugely eventful week in Northern Ireland and the political situation has again made headlines...
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UK considers national gene database
Government, scientists and industrialists are discussing the creation of a national genetic database for the United Kingdom. Experts, including George Poste, who last month retired as chief science...
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HE prepares for sub-degree qualifications
Higher education faces major change as it prepares for a new tier of sub-degree qualifications. Education secretary David Blunkett is due to announce details of the government's proposals for two-...
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Wellcome Trust set to expand genome centre
The Wellcome Trust is close to striking a deal with South Cambridgeshire District Council that would allow it to expand its genome research centre. Planning application for a 40,000m2, Pounds 100...
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Revised curriculum must be addressed
Universities and schools need to address issues raised by the revised sixth-form curriculum, secondary heads have warned. Richard Fawcett, vice-president of the Secondary Heads Association, told the...
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Westminter staff miss out on up to Pounds 3,000
Average academic salaries at Westminster University are up to Pounds 3,000 lower than at other new universities in London, according to a union analysis. Lecturers' union Natfhe found that the...
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Bad breeding
Bad breeding: June Morris, senior lecturer in biological sciences at Manchester Metropolitan University, who has studied primitive sheep breeds, believes selective commercial breeding means the...
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A sliding share of a global game
The UK has suffered its real drop in overseas recruitment. Phil Baty counts the numbers and surveys efforts to halt the fall. An 11 per cent slump in overseas student recruitment by British...
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Audit committee calls for Scottish FE review
n The Scottish Parliament's audit committee has called for a "root and branch" review of Scotland's further education colleges to tackle the sector's financial difficulties. The committee wants...