Appointments
UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX The following heads of department were appointed for three years from August 1: Neil Baker, biological and chemical sciences; Mike O'Mahony, electronic systems engineering; John...
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The mental bloc about going east
The British seem reluctant to study in Eastern and Central Europe. Vittoria D'Alessio tries to unravel the mystery. If your lip curls in horror at the idea of languishing in bourgeois Paris or...
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Sum win, sum lose
Changes in studentships will penalise some postgraduates. But teaching assistantships are becoming more common, says John Davies. Postgraduates beginning their study this autumn face quite a few...
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Nappy clue to happy old age
Vittoria D'Alessio meets a medical doctor investigating the power of the womb. Avan Sayer is on a quest for the elixir of life. Her research will help us understand how one person can live like a...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Personal professorships: A. R. Hawkins, reader, professor of molecular genetics; R. Jordan, reader, professor of medical education; R. Kenny, clinical senior...
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Laurie Taylor Column
"The new elite (of universities) have structural enclaves with their research students and assistants as acolytes" (From a study of the Research Assessment Exercise conducted by Ian McNay.) Your...
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Clearing the air
Fresh evidence for those who maintain that courses at Middlesex University are out of this world - their clearing advertising campaign will be carried on the SciFi channel of cable television.
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Hearing trials
Detecting hearing problems in newborn babies may reduce the number of children with delayed language development, according to scientists at Southampton University. Researchers have drawn this...
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Ten too many
The Institute for Contemporary British History's conference, "A Century of the Popular Press", is described in its advertising leaflet as covering the period 1886-1996. Perhaps the historians, in...
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Getting the green light
(Photograph) - Getting the green light: Edinburgh Instruments, a spin-off company from Heriot-Watt University, beams a green light laser system to mark the launch of the Scottish Enterprise and Royal...
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Islands start-up
Lord Lindsay, Scottish Office minister for agriculture, environment and forestry, has launched the first degree course for the University of the Highlands and Islands project, a BSc in rural...
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Upping tempo
Clark Brundin, director of the school of management studies at Oxford University and head of Templeton College, Oxford, has earned the term media don after his appearance in the Bedfordshire Times...
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Fringe Wellcome gene
Audience participation is usually one of the less welcome features of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, when innocent theatregoers can find themselves part of the action. But there was no hesitancy...
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Students return to barracks
Old German soldiers who become students rather than simply fading away are to be offered accommodation in all-too-familiar surroundings. Ex-conscripts and former professional soldiers who are...
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One flew into the fellow's head
What is a sociology researcher to do when a pigeon starts a family under her desk? Sarah Nelson explains. Now here is a conundrum for the silly season. What do you do when a pigeon builds a nest...