Suffer the little amphibians
Is it any kinder to experiment on frogs than mammals? Julia Hinde meets one American scientist who believes so Does a frog feel pain? That is the question underpinning the pioneering work of one US...
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Light fantastic
(Photograph) - Philip Jones of Cardiff University's school of architecture heads the team that has installed the UK's largest sky dome. The artificial sky simulates conditions anywhere, any time of...
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Cutting edge
Advances in genetic research could mean a cure for Parkinson's disease soon. Most of us will know someone with Parkinson's disease. It affects 2 per cent of people over 65 in the developed world. PD...
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V-cs push for clarity over fees
Vice-chancellors have called on the government to clarify proposed regulations on fee charges. They want clearer definitions on what universities are and are not allowed to charge in addition to the...
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Science park for Ulster
A Pounds 30 million science park for Northern Ireland was announced this week. The government is providing Pounds 10 million in pump priming with private sector funding making up the remaining Pounds...
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Oxford rethinks 'overloaded' complaints body
Oxford University is reforming its ruleson the harassment of staff and students in the wake of figures that show it is failingto deal properly with complaints, writes Phil Baty. Figures from the...
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Students to get fairer hearing
Education secretary David Blunkett has ordered an urgent review of universities' progress in replacing "unfair" student complaints procedures. Officials at the Department for Education and Employment...
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White paper heralds more education reform
Further and higher education funding are likely to be reformed under plans to modernise government unveiled this week. The white paper, Modernising Government, published on Tuesday, affects all...
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Wellcome collects data on female researchers
Four thousand academics across the country will soon get questionnaires in an attempt to find out why more women do not seek research grants. Replies will form part of a study by the Wellcome Trust....
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In the news
In his days as professor of physical sciences in Madrid, Javier Solana did not think much of Nato. He only changed his mind ten years before becoming its general secretary. For a long time an...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Bill Gates argued that IT would help to control and cure some of the world's most terrible diseases. Andy Miah+ PhD student De Montfort University, Bedford. Undoubtedly, the...
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Sources of fresh funding in Europe
Funds available as part of the EU's Fifth Framework Programme. Research funding sources can be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk The Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) The programme sets out the...
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Move to make broader RAE
Rules for the research assessment exercise are to be rephrased to encourage academics to submit a broader range of work. But those who submit fewer than four pieces of research will not necessarily...
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Lib Dems seek quicker teacher training
Teacher training should be streamlined by abandoning the traditional four-year bachelor of education degree, Liberal Democrats have said. Education spokesman Don Foster (above) said that the BEd...
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Scottish pair want to be parliamentary aids
Glasgow and Strathclyde universities have unveiled plans to become a joint research resource for the Scottish Parliament. Having recently signed an agreement recognising one another as "preferred...