Why I ... think couples should have children
The current trend is to choose not to have children. All over the West birth rates are falling. And I am asking why. I have two different worries about this fall in population. My first anxiety is...
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Hedge bets and get rich safely
Universities should not lose their nerve after the near collapse of LCTM, says Andrew Murison There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth recently about the performance of a particular kind of...
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Too loving spoonfuls
Super student-friendly courses are now so easily digested that learners are in danger of expecting lecturers to do all the work. Alison Utley reports. The pressure to make courses more student-...
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Look at postgrad role
A seminar analysing the expanding role of postgraduate teaching assistants across all disciplines in higher education will be held on October at Regents College, London. The UK Council for Graduate...
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Basic skills primer
The Surrey University skills development project is aiming to raise the skills level of students entering higher education in areas such as communications, making presentations, working in teams and...
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Surrey cybercafes
A University of Surrey partnership with local organisations has led to the creation of a cybercafe to deliver adult education. The Unicafe, due for opening next spring, will allow students to study...
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Teaching awards
The University of Dundee has awarded two lecturers its honorary graduates award for innovative teaching. Allan Jones, of the department of biological sciences, was commended for his Internet-based...
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Rural techies
Darlington College of Technology is expanding to create a new purpose-built telematics centre at Catterick, North Yorkshire offering computer-based learning to local, regional and global customers....
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Biobusiness initiative
A competition aimed at helping bioscience students learn more about running their own business has been launched with backing from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Called...
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Work experience BTEC
Students who work while studying have been offered the chance to gain a new national qualification. The BTEC professional development qualification in work-based experience, which has been launched...
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Get to know your mouse
WHAT: In the third of our series on key skills Stephen Heppell offers advice on how to teach students to make the most of information technology without panicking WHY: Computer skills enable students...
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Star turn
Kam Patel listens to the man who once told Ken Livingstone to name a London park after his favourite all-female snails. Geneticist Steve Jones does not drive a Renault. He wants his life science...
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Nobel for economist of famine
Two scholars with British connections were among the Nobel laureates announced this week. Amartya Sen, of the University of Cambridge, has won the Nobel prize for his work on welfare economics....
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Budget row threatens European research
Europe's multi-billion pound research programme could be delayed by up to a year because of a parliamentary stand-off over funding. The European Parliament, backed by the European Commission, failed...
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Millions protest at religious dress ban
Mass protests were held throughout Turkey last Sunday against the ban on religious dress in universities and other public places. Organisers claimed two to three million people took part. In Istanbul...