The price of success
Although R&D is vital to the bottom line, many British companies seem still not to have got the message. Martin Ince reports Are British companies finally getting enthusiastic about spending...
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Cutting edge
Enter the world of the supramolecular chemist, the scientist whose task it is to decipher nature's most complex codes The public perception of chemists is the crazy bespectacled professors of 1950s...
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Techno cheats bedevil sector
High-tech cheating will spread across higher education unless the problem is tackled urgently, computer experts warned this week. Last week's crisis at Edinburgh University - where grades for 90...
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Edinburgh alleged plagiarism probe to take 'weeks'
Edinburgh University officials said this week that the departmental investigation into plagiarism claims was likely to take "weeks rather than days", because examiners wanted to contact all the...
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Bett welcomed north of border
Unions want all to share pay rises. The Educational Institute of Scotland has welcomed the Bett proposals as ending a negotiating anomaly for Scotland's new universities, which operate outside the...
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How do you make a giraffe spit?
Heriot-Watt University materials chemist Christopher Viney this week had the tall order of getting a giraffe to dribble into a glass jar. He is investigating natural lubricants in a research project...
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Kuala Lumpur
The Malaysian education ministry says local universities must ensure Muslim and non-Muslim students share hostel rooms to promote racial harmony and integration. The education minister said the...
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Why I...... will not be attending the British Museum's Rosetta Stone exhibition
The simple answer is that I was not invited. Egyptians are unhappy that the Rosetta Stone - discovered in Egypt 200 years ago - is still in England, in the British Museum. The stone is a unique thing...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... I have just analysed a survey of teachers' views on PRP in schools for a major teachers' union. About 30,000 teachers and headteachers from England and Wales responded....
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Complain, please
Students are ready to 'name and shame' universities that ignore their grouses, writes Andrew Pakes From next October vice-chancellors had better watch out because students in every university in the...
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No jobs for the boys... or girls
Are we educating too many arts postgraduates? asks Rebecca Stott The number of postgraduate students in British universities is climbing steadily. The Higher Education Statistics Agency reported...
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Brits play role in Italian job
In its quest to reform its research funding, Italy has turned to the UK for advice. Paul Bompard reports The venue was a small villa surrounded by thick vegetation on the outskirts of Rome. The...
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College spin-offs win DTI support
A new report calls for tax cuts and grants to aid entrepreneurs. Kam Patel reports A Department of Trade and Industry report out next month will call for better rewards and more support for academics...
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Wellcome art
The image which appeared on page three of The THES on July 2 was a detail from The Hinge, a series of inkjet prints by artist Ian Breakwell. It featured in a project by the Wellcome Trust's Sci-art...
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French launch genomique project
France is tackling its poor research record in the life sciences with a ¤46 million genome programme. Jane Marshall reports The French government is prioritising research in the life...