Don's diary
Monday. In to work, wrestle with a book chapter and conference organising. Check some websites to see what is predicted for the eclipse. The usual suspects: gridlock, unwanted new age travellers,...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk EUROPEAN SCIENCE FOUNDATION www.esf.org Second Call for Conference...
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On the move
Goldsmiths College, University of London has made the following appointments: Kevin Robins, professor of cultural geography at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, becomes professor of...
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Glittering prizes
King Alfred's College, Winchester, will present its own honorary awards for the first time at this year's graduation ceremonies in Winchester Cathedral. Honorary fellowships go to: Martial Rose,...
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Eyewitness
The Holy Inquisition is best remembered for its pursuit of religious heresy, but newly reviewed evidence suggests that, in Italy at least, witchcraft, sorcery and black magic more frequently...
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Learning gives a society life
Adult education helps fight social exclusion, but solid research must underline the point, says Ian Nash. There are close parallels across all north Atlantic countries in macro economic approaches to...
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Warsaw
Uladzimir Antonau, a Belarusian student activist, has applied for political asylum in Poland after being arrested twice for participating in public protests over the past six months and expelled from...
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Abijan
All three campuses of the University of Cote D'Ivoire have been closed indefinitely after the governing council declared the 1998-99 academic session void in all faculties except medicine and...
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Dublin:World watch
Plans for the ¤39 million (Pounds 26 million) National College of Ireland in the Dublin docklands are to be scaled back after official documents revealed it has not been sanctioned by the...
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Smart plants hold the key
Biotechnology and genetic engineering may offer the solution to Australia's salinity crisis, with scientists hopeful of manipulating agricultural crops to mimic natural vegetation. "I don't think...
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Apply saline solution
In the last of our series on research in Southern Hemisphere countries, Julia Hinde looks at how salinity is causing a national water supply crisis in Australia. Overleaf we return to South Africa...
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Digging deep for reserves of gold
As supplies of gold, the backbone of South Africa's economy, are depleted, researchers are exploring mining five kilometres underground. Karen MacGregor reports on this and other fruitful...
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White man who speaks in many dark tongues
Nottingham-born Bob Dixon speaks five Aboriginal languages - just 245 to go. Julia Hinde reports There were probably 250 separate languages - each as different as French and German," explains Bob...
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Cambridge biotech cluster in planning setback
The growth of the Cambridge biotechnology cluster received a knock-back this week after deputy prime minister John Prescott threw out plans for a Pounds 100 million science park alongside the...
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Franchise clampdown hits Israeli students
The University of Birmingham has been barred from registering any new students in Israel, becoming the third high-profile victim of a clampdown on franchising by the Israeli university regulators....