Lab becomes new SIM city
Laboratories can now put themselves under the microscope using a software toolkit developed at Glasgow University. Barry Clark and Euan Crawford, of the department of pathological chemistry, have...
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Malaysia approaches open road
The Malaysian government looks set to approve at least two privately-run universities this summer, including an open technical university in Port Dickson and a national institute of engineering in...
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Jobs for the women at Birkbeck
Birkbeck College now has seven female professors. This places us fourth in your league table (THES, July 26) with 15.9 per cent, not joint 29th with 6.8 per cent. The two Oxford academics, Jennifer...
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Pacific overtures
Paul Keating launched Australia towards a republic when he was prime minister. Now a visiting lecturer, he tells Chris Johnston about his hopes for the nation. In the scheme of things, Paul Keating...
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Research masters are meeting expectations
A review of the research masters course launched last year suggests that it is meeting the expectations of many participating students, the Office of Science and Technology and the research councils...
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Poachers open back door to students
Eager admissions tutors are putting the applications system under threat by poaching students during clearing. Universities and Colleges Admissions Service chief executive Tony Higgins claims that "...
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Sudden drop in Bar pass rate prompts inquiry
An inquiry has been launched by the Council of Legal Education into the first significant drop in the pass rate of Bar School students. The CLE announced this week that the proportion of students...
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Grade A tips
Anyone about to enter a North American university and concerned about the criteria in their all-pervasive grading system could do worse than consult Chad Nelson, a graduate student at Simon Fraser...
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Small molecules, big breakthrough
Edinburgh University has joined forces with a clutch of pharmaceutical firms to carry out research that could lead to a better understanding of how small molecules interact with cellular proteins....
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Level heads and playing fields
Dear Ron... In the third of our open letters to the Dearing committee of inquiry into higher education, Tony Wood, (left) vice chancellor of the University of Luton, takes pride in his university's...
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A very disturbing view of management studies
I read the first part of Alexander Murray's article on the development of management studies at Oxford (THES, August 2) with some sympathy. When resources are limited, to devote them to one cause may...
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Reforms will curb power of 'barons'
Cambridge University is set to modernise its professorial promotions system in an effort to curb the age-old abuse of academic patronage. Campaigners are viewing it as the first step in a long-...
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Green fingers
Adrian James, a scientist at University College London, is confident that his new device (a fast omni-directional non-scanning energy mass analyser) will be safe with aircraft baggage handlers when...
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Lessons from Direct Line
THES reporters on the annual race of students for places which gets under way this week with hurdles for both sides. Paisley University believes it is the first higher education institution to set up...
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Flexibility no help to dole
Creating a more flexible labour market will not reduce unemployment in developed countries, new research has found. In a paper published in the Economic Journal in July, Francis Teal, a member of...