Medical schools get Pounds 16m injection
CLINICAL research at five medical schools has been boosted by Wellcome Trust Millennial Awards of more than Pounds 16 million, writes Julia Hinde. The awards to hospital trusts and medical schools at...
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Edinburgh University wins another Pounds 7 million from Wellcome
Edinburgh University has also won another Pounds 7 million from Wellcome, having been chosen along with Oxford University to take part in a new project to look at the fundamental causes of heart...
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Welfare mapped
A MAP on welfare service provision, drawn by a London School of Economics and Political Science researcher, reveals a significant shift from the public to private sector under Conservative Party rule...
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High and dry
THE impact of global climate change on three arid areas of Africa is the subject of amultinational study led byUniversity of Wales Bangorscientists. The Euro-funded project involves experts in soil...
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Mudge on smudge
A project using vegetable oil to clear oil pollution from beaches has won a Pounds 25,000 environmental award from Enterprise Oil and Heriot-Watt University. Stephen Mudge, of the school of ocean...
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Xmas cries of conscience
HINDU and Sikh children worry less about celebrating Christmas than some youngsters who are devout Christians, according to research. In-depth interviews with young people from different ethnic...
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Tidings of great sadness
CHRISTMAS is a merry time for some, but for people suffering from Seasonally Affective Disorder (SAD) Christmas only makes them sadder. Mental health specialists at the University of Southampton have...
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East Timor riot probed
INDONESIA'S National Commission of Human Rights has set up an inquiry into East Timor after violence erupted at the island's university last month. The commission is not known to be sympathetic to...
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Moi uses v-cs in election bid
Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi has put together a campaign team for Monday's general election that includes vice chancellors and heads of state corporations, but no politicians. The move is to...
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Revolt against mamma
ITALIAN students have formed a "family liberation front" to campaign for legislation and funding to enable young people to leave home when they go to university. The movement's slogan is "Liberation...
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Life not cash tests value of education
WHEN I was a university teacher in the 1960s student protest was strong and vibrant. Today student protest is still present but muted. What has happened to the passion that drove young people to make...
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Art mirrors promoters
HELLO-style journalism may be the broadsheet vogue for art reviews and features, but rue the day I find its blithe suspension of critical faculties when turning for cerebral relief to The THES....
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Poverty of forethought
DAVID Walker's account of the differences in academe over anti-poverty policy (THES, December 12) is not entirely accurate. The letter to the Financial Times from 54 professors of social policy and...
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Audit's deep confusion
THE LATEST crop of academic audit reports does not make for cheerful reading. The basic message of the original audits of the "old" universities was that they had precious few corporate quality...
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Honorary degrees
University of Westminster DLitt: David Puttnam, film producer, chairman of Enigma Productions Ltd, member of the Arts Council lottery panel; Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and...