Rise of the black tie and ball gown
BALLS and big spenders are not confined to traditional institutions. New universities have their share of wealthy students and even graduates who have struggled through the year will try to fork out...
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Battle's belief in science
IF the science world was concerned about the appointment of a non-specialist as minister for science, energy and industry, then it can draw some solace from the "meet John Battle" drinks arranged for...
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Hordes debase entry ticket
From Tokyo to Tallinn attempts are being made to overhaul traditional university matriculation It was Brahms's Bolero, wasn't it? And Picasso painted the "Mona Lisa" ... or was it Durer? These...
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Ford model for UFI plan
The Ford Motor Company's in-house staff training programme looks set to become the model for the Government's promised University for Industry, writes Phil Baty. Prime minister Tony Blair was due to...
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F2000: once more with feeling
Technology Foresight has worked well and was worth the effort, but simply repeating the exercise in 2000 will not do, says a report by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. According to...
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Give me vocation interface, demands baroness
VOCATIONAL qualifications should "interface" with academic study in higher education, education minister Tessa Blackstone told awarding bodies, education providers and employers this week. Speaking...
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Virtual BAe to get strong links
GERALDINE Kenney-Wallace, vice chancellor of British Aerospace's planned "virtual university", this week promised strong teaching and research partnerships with other British universities. Dr Kenney-...
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Addiction myth out of control
Most people see addiction as a transition between behaviour which is voluntary and under their own control to a form of behaviour determined by the pharmacology of the brain, where the addict can no...
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Instants scratchcards
* Instants scratchcards are more likely than the National Lottery draw to cause children to become compulsive gamblers, researchers believe. Sue Fisher, senior research fellow in the faculty of human...
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Drive warps Trekkies
IT'S ADDICTION - but not as we know it, claims a researcher who has spent the last four years studying people hooked on Star Trek. Sandy Wolfson, principal lecturer in psychology at the University of...
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Major outshines Hollywood hunk
John Major is more famous than Tom Cruise or The Queen according to psychologists studying celebrity status. A large-scale survey of undergraduates in Nottingham reveals that the top ten famous names...
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Pill promises lower weight and less cholesterol
People who are overweight and have high cholesterol levels could soon solve both these problems with a single pill. Research by Tariq Javed, senior lecturer in pharmaceutical sciences at Coventry...
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Charity survey batters mean Dutch stereotypes
The Dutch are noted for being good traders who are tight with their money. A study by Amsterdam's Free University illustrates another side to their nature. Out of a population of 16 million, more...
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Murderers' suicide rates investigated
Threat of state execution has little effect on suicide rates among murder suspects. A study by Sam Cameron, a researcher at Bradford University's department of social and economic studies, shows the...
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FE colleges innovate to accumulate courses
Low participation meets blue-chip research: Phil Baty reports on the East in the latest of our regional focuses SPECIFIC challenges face further education colleges in the East, prompting a cautious...