I love you to death
Jealousy is often seen as a neurosis that can lead to psychotic violence, but psychologist David Buss argues that it is a form of emotional wisdom that evolved as an early-warning system. Jealousy...
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Students politicise before they accessorise
How much does your university make from its branded sweatshirts? And are they made by sweatshop labour? Tim Cornwell reports on an issue galvanising students in the US. When 20 students invaded the...
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Presidents, poker and a fear of fat
Did you hear the one about the US president, the fat king and the radio psychiatrist? selects the highlights from this year's British Association of American Studies conference at University of Wales...
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Maybe I'll skip the frog's legs
Why are the world's frogs disappearing at an unprecedented rate? Ayala Ochert reports on a global initiative to find the culprit. All over the world, frogs are disappearing. From the back gardens of...
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Higher Channels
John Davies appraises the broadcasting week (all times pm unless stated). Pick of the week To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday (April 23) Radio 3 has scheduled a day of programmes, while BBC1 has a...
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Riga
Maija Pohodneva, a journalism student at the University of Latvia, has become the first Latvian woman to publish a crime fiction novel. The book was written in three months in 1999 as "therapy...
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Beyond our Ken
(Photograph) - Beyond our Ken: a statute of Kenneth Barker has been erected at De Montfort University where he was vice-chancellor from 1987 to 1999. Photograph by MIKE SEWELL.
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Time team
(Photograph) - Time team: Exeter University's department of lifelong learning has introduced a modular certificate in archaeology. Students, such as Shirley Ryan (pictured), can accumulate credits...
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He's a card
(Photograph) - He's a card: drama student Matthew McGurk from Liverpool John Moores University has been voted best young magician by the Magic Circle. Photograph by CHRIS THOMOND.
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Dakar
Students from Congo who had received no government bursaries for the past eight months occupied Congo's embassy in Senegal. They threatened to bury the body of a fellow student who died of typhoid in...
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Industry wary of sub-degrees
Government plans to expand higher education through two-year foundation degrees received a double blow this week as employers and funding chiefs raised substantial concerns about the qualification....
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Rome
Police with sniffer dogs arrested two men and confiscated 100 grammes of hashish in a raid on a disused lecture hall at La Sapienza University. The building became student-managed in 1990 and...
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Bucharest
Students attending a seminar titled "Halt the brain drain" at the Bucharest School of Law rated the record of president Ion Iliescu as poor. He was booed by activists from the Bucharest Students'...
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Moscow
Russian president Vladimir Putin has set up a Language Council to police the purity of the Russian tongue. It will fine writers and politicians for allowing "pollutants" into their speech.
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Stressed lecturers plagued by illness
More than half of those who work in Britain's universities are on the brink of depression or anxiety, while a quarter have suffered a stress-related illness in the past 12 months, according to...