The success of Scotland's further education sector
The success of Scotland's further education sector will depend on a productive working relationship between the Association of Scottish Colleges and the proposed new Scottish Further Education...
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Cash beats conscience
Some findings of the ESRC's economic beliefs and behaviours project Investors with a conscience make only "token" investments in ethical funds, and put financial gain ahead of their scruples,...
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Local tax attitudes change with degree
Efforts to increase the number of students could affect demands for local services, writes Harriet Swain. Research has shown that graduates are more likely than those without degrees to back higher...
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Computing takes a quantum leap
QUANTUM mechanics could take computing where no computer has gone before, according to a University of Plymouth professor. Richard Jozsa said that the application of quantum physics could lead to a...
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Fluorescent dyes track brain cell functions
A novel technique for following what happens in brain cells during processes such as learning, memory acquisition and cell death has been developed by scientists at Aston University. Nick Hartell, of...
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Cuckoos' con starts in the nest
Female cuckoos are renowned for their ability to dupe other birds into rearing their young - but new research shows they begin practising their confidence trickery early. Nick Davis, Rebecca Kilner...
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Contaminated Scotland investigated
An investigation of contaminated land sites in central Scotland is being undertaken by Edinburgh University researchers thanks to a Pounds 285,000 grant from the Natural Environment Research Council...
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Children's asthma centre opens in Leicester
Leicester University's department of child health has formally opened its children's asthma centre, which is to conduct research into the causes of asthma in children. The centre has a research...
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Durable case for higher pension
As the government contemplates a wide-ranging reform of the welfare and benefits system, it should look seriously at improving the benefits for the oldest pensioners. That conclusion emerges from a...
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Rector grilled over doctor's murder
DIEGO Cuzzocrea, rector of Messina University under investigation in connection with the Mafia-style assassination of a prominent professor at the university medical school, has resigned, writes Paul...
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Post-Soviet mafia exposed
THE RISE of the mafia in the former Soviet Union is the subject of research by a small band of political scientists who see crime and corruption as a threat to emerging democracy in eastern Europe....
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Palermo muddied by crime
The ITALIAN anti-Mafia commission, which is already investigating Messina University, Sicily (see left), is requesting an official inquiry into Palermo University following student complaints. One...
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Death fuels Nigerian discontent
DIPLOMATIC sources in Lagos believe that the coming weeks might see a confrontation between Nigeria's long-suffering university community and the military in the wake of the sudden death of head of...
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Trouble booking authors beyond the grave
GATHERING together a contracted author's works following his or her death has become an occupational hazard for academic publishers and editors. When Donald Ellegood of the University of Washington...
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V-cs make fees an election issue
Australian vice-chancellors have endorsed tuition fees as a means of raising cash for higher education. It is the first time the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee has accepted the principle that...