Exclusive: shock headlines induce horror
How much do the media affect public perception of hazard? Quite a lot, according to a recent American survey. John Davies reports If we know more about health hazards than we used to it is thanks to...
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Honorary degrees
CITY UNIVERSITY, LONDON DCL: Peter Taylor, lord chief justice; Michael Cassidy, chairman of the policy and resources committee at the Corporation of London. DSc: Brian Pitman, chief executive of...
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Signed-up members of the at-risk register
What makes some people feel more at risk than others? asks Lennart Sjoberg Striking differences between the attitudes of different European peoples to radiation risks are emerging in a five nation...
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Unfair to blame LEA employers
Smith, Marcus and Peacock (THES, Letters, May 17) blame the breakdown of talks on terms and conditions for local authority-employed FE staff on the "cynicism" of the employers' side. Their attitude...
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Ulster tries to bridge divide
The article on sectarianism in Ulster colleges (THES, May 3) painted a very negative picture of student attitudes in Northern Ireland. It failed to focus on the community relations work being carried...
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Ulster tries to bridge divide
Noel McAdam (THES, May 3) gave a misleading impression of segregation at Northern Ireland's two universities by stating Protestants travel "up to 25 miles to avoid studying in the same universities...
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Art of course assessment
Degree standards have been maintained by the switch in emphasis from exams to course work. We have been living through a decade and more of a declining unit of resource in British universities while...
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Tips for Dearing from the south
It has been interesting to read reports of reactions to South Africa's national commission on the future of higher education discussion document. I was privileged to attend the recent Salzburg...
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A little extra ordinary
A favourite Dutch saying is: "Ordinary is extraordinary enough." The expression says much about Dutch attitudes. Common sense, pragmatism and (false) modesty are important values. This has left its...
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Big shot in the mind field
When Francis Crick began researching consciousness it was a relatively unploughed field. Now, he tells Kam Patel, it has become crowded with interlopers. It is a cool, sunny day in San Diego and from...
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Lights, cameras...no action
Media studies has proved enormously popular, but Ian Christie belives it has not lived up to its early promise and student Mireilli Fowler (box) explains why she was initially disillusioned with her...
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The media generation
Media studies has proved enormously popular, but Ian Christie believes it has not lived up to its early promise and student Mireilli Fowler (box) explains why she was initially disillusioned with her...
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The sight seer
Colin Blakemore's experiments on the eyes of monkeys and kittens have earned him a top research prize Q and bombs and threats from animal activists. Colin Blakemore seems more relieved than jubilant...
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Internal exile
Paul Bompard reports on a project to find Italy's lost Jews. As professor of demographics at Rome's La Sapienza university and as a member of Rome's Jewish community, Eugenio Sonnino is preparing a...
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Here's looking at EU
Should Britain be at the heart of a federal Europe? Martin Holmes protests at such a future but Helen Wallace can see advantages. Three arguments have been advanced in favour of a federal/integrated...