NUS takes a neutral stand
THERE WILL be no 1997 equivalent of the National Union of Students controversial Target 70 campaign, focused on marginal seats at 1992's general election. Accused then of partisanship by the...
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Troubled Trent builds bridge for aid
A TROUBLED further education college has reached out to other local institutions for help. Kevin Farrell, chairman of governors at Stoke-on-Trent College, has requested a meeting next month with...
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Tax dodge robs students of vote
STUDENTS may be robbing themselves of the chance to vote in a misguided attempt to avoid paying council tax. Although students are exempt from paying the tax, a conflict arises for those who share a...
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Citizenship is not just cricket, teachers warn
Michael Portillo believes that military discipline and good citizenship go hand in hand. But Carol Nahra finds that teacher trainers are not so sure No political party wants to be seen to be ignoring...
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Tate stokes toe treading fears
Nick Tate was ushered into perhaps the most powerful job in British education this week. With an ominous flutter of red tape, Dr Tate was offered the role as chief executive of the new all-...
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Teens show some team spirit
The Government's bid to encourage military training for all teenagers has drawn attention to the role of cadets in higher education. Every year the army tries, principally at freshers' events, to...
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Ulster teaches nurses to keep cool in a disaster
The sinking of the Estonia passenger ship, the Kobe earthquake, the Manchester bombing, refugees in the former Yugoslavia, flooding in Bangladesh: the list of recent natural and man-made disasters...
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Biomedical research relies on begging bowl
Charities are now funding more than twice as many biomedical research papers in the United Kingdom as the Government-funded Medical Research Council. Joe Anderson, head of the unit for policy...
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Gene junction takes off at airport
High-flying passengers can now to gen up on genetics while waiting for a flight. Julia Hinde reports on the brainchild of a Manchester University lecturer Nestled beside the Body Shop in Manchester...
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US to run bedside trials with pigs livers
SCIENTISTS IN the United States are to use "humanised" pig organs to offer critically ill patients a last chance of life. The transplantation of transgenic pig organs to humans - xenotransplantation...
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Size of Iron Age village surprises diggers
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL team from Leicester University has discovered a cluster of some of the largest circular Iron Age buildings in Britain. The discovery at Enderby in Leicestershire sheds light on the...
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Food facts for Europe
THE ROBERT Gordon University in Aberdeen is heading a Pounds 1 million European Union project to build a database that will help improve food quality and food safety. Biophysicist Paul Nesvadba of...
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Organ shortage hits drugs
A SHORTAGE of human livers for experiments is leaving university researchers across Europe searching for alternatives. Paul Skett, senior lecturer at the Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences at...
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Cork pops over upgrade of tech institute
Education minister Niamh Bhreathnach has landed the Irish government in an unwelcome political row just a few months before a general election. It originates in a straightforward decision to upgrade...
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Police probe degree crime
Italian police are clamping down on the illegal sale of legitimate degrees and the proliferation of bogus degrees and diplomas from obscure institutions. In the most dramatic move so far, 29...