Spinning out of control
The Global Age - Globalisation in Question
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Refashioning boys' toys
Christine Whitehouse on a project to re-connect girls to the computing universe on their own terms. Staffordshire University has played a large part in educating computer professionals, both men and...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Paul Marginson, senior lecturer in industrial relations at the University of Warwick, has been appointed to the chair in human resource management and employment relations; George...
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FE colleges score but fail to win
When further education colleges were told, after incorporation, to hone their performance, few envisaged chasing so many moving goalposts. It must come as little comfort that their cheerleaders are...
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Appointments
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has appointed the following governors: Charles Bean, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE;...
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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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Equipment goes down the tubes...
Kam Patel reports on a survey that reveals many research laboratories are limping along with decrepit equipment. Centrifuges, fermenters, scintillation counters, computers and spectrophotometers -...
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Intellectual seeding
Ravi Dayal charts the progress of the world's third largest publisher of books in English No one quite knows how many publishers of books there are in India, but estimates place the number at about...
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Japanese way of the world
Becoming World Class
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Labour-saving devices
Reinventing the Left - The Labour Party Since 1979:
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Points of view
The visual arts in the UK are making a huge business and social impact. Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton puts developments into an international context. The economic argument for supporting cultural...
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Goodfella seduced by sin
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies
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Glittering prize up for grabs
In 1895 the Lumire brothers in France developed the Cinematographe camera-projector and in so doing helped to spawn an industry that has had a profound cultural, economic and industrial impact on the...
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Canada gets wise to science's social life
Canada lags behind most industrialised nations in recognising the crucial role of science and technology, according to a new report, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise. Research and development spending,...
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Equality orientation
Women's Work in East to West