Barbie's boyfriend proves man's ideal
As the British Psychological Society meets this week, THES reporters review latest research The constant parade of supermodels throughout the media has led to what psychologists have dubbed the "...
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Cancer research goes platinum
Chemists at Edinburgh University have launched a Pounds 145,000 project to develop more effective platinum-based anti-cancer drugs. Two versions of these drugs are used on testicular cancer and...
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Sociologists clock on to children's time
A child's-eye view of time is to go under the microscope to discover how youngsters organise their day. Sociologists at Hull University and Goldsmiths College have received Pounds 140,000 from the...
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Nurse Nit becomes sexual adviser
The school nurse has a valuable role as a confidante for children who do not want to turn to parents or a teacher with health problems, new research has found. A study into the health of school-age...
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Co-ops now pay dividends
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Shipping news
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Tyne fog clears
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Newcastle brown and gown
Old rivals in the Northeast are sinking their differences and embarking on joint ventures in a bid to make an international impact. In our latest regional focus, THES reporters examine an outbreak of...
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Raking in support that puts navel gazing into the shade
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities When Johan Pottier began research on food crises in East Africa he was determined to break with past...
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Dawn of a partnership
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities The world recognises that Africanist expertise is stored in British universities. Keith Hart calls for...
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Trials in a two-way chemistry
Outsiders are being persuaded that field research must have practical benefits for communities In the chemistry department, on the stiflingly hot campus of Dar-es-Salaam University in Tanzania,...
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Back to the blackboard
Unesco is helping African leaders map out a mission for higher education in the continent. Wachira Kigotho reports This week leaders of African governments and universities held a crucial meeting in...
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Urging a natural enmity
Biological pest control is backing the farmers' struggle against those age-old adversaries, mites, locusts and mealybugs. Tunde Fatunde reports One of the world's leading centres for biological...
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Mine is an ecosystem
Eco-rehabilitation, finds David Jobbins, is refurbishing Zimbabwe's old mining sites Western multi-nationals have wreaked severe environmental damage across swathes of sub-Saharan Africa in a search...
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Privates in Tanzania
Education shortfalls in Tanzania are about to be filled by non-state bodies, says Wachira Kigotho With only three state universities - the University of Dar-es-Salaam, the Open University of Tanzania...