Seeing the light
The Skeptic magazine recently queried Allergies and Allergens by Albert Budden, which claims that some people are not only hypersensitive to electricity, sounds and smells - but see aliens into the...
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Time warped
An academic hour is very different from an ordinary hour - or so the Russians believe. Students on a recent exchange visit to St Petersburg were told that the advertised four hours of lessons a day...
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Nosey Parker on trail of student dodgers
Southampton Institute has hired a private security firm to track down students who dodge a campus car-parking fee of Pounds 15. The firm is hunting for students who park for free in neighbouring...
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Scorpion trial virologist stung by ousting
David Bishop, the ousted director of the Institute of Virology and Environmental Microbiology, is considering legal action against his former employer, the Natural Environment Research Council, on a...
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Lawyers pressed to put accent on Europe
The Law Society said this week it was concerned about a growing number of clients suing lawyers for professional negligence over a failure to consider European Union law in pursuit of a case. This is...
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Chinese puzzle
(Photograph) - Chinese puzzle: Nathan Sivin, professor of Chinese culture and history of science at the University of Pennsylvania, and Bridie Andrews, a postgraduate at the Wellcome Unit for the...
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Boswell's formula for underpinning GNVQ
The Government has spelled out how it wants national agencies to spend Pounds 23 million earmarked for the development of General National Vocational Qualifications. Tim Boswell, further and higher...
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Institute goes for lifelong learning
A unique industry/university partnership aims to provide tailor-made learning programmes to enhance competitiveness of manufacturing companies starting with those located in the North West. The...
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Capital ideas at colleges win Queen's award
Two London institutions are among the 140 winners of the prestigious Queen's Awards for Export Achievement announced today. King's College London has received the accolade for earning Pounds 16...
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Gender funding
Dundee University is to set up Scotland's first chair in gender relations, funded by AT&T Global Informations Solutions (Scotland) Ltd, the self-service banking technology company. The post,...
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NUS backing
Labour students at their annual conference have voted by two to one to support the National Union of Students' review of all forms of paying for education. However, the conference is opposed to...
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EU green award
Bradford University has won a contract from the European Union to develop an environmental education module for secondary schools across Europe. The Pounds 100,000 project will be carried out by the...
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Lingerie first
The promotion and dissemination of design research by academics took a leap forward this week with the first conference of the European Academy of Research. More than 50 papers on topics ranging from...
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Training millions
The Scottish Office is giving Pounds 34 million for training up to 1998, a year after gaining devolved responsibility for training policy. George Kynoch, Scottish Office minister for industry, said...
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CVCP elections
David Melville, vice chancellor of Middlesex University and Martin Harris, vice chancellor of Manchester University, have been elected vice chairs of the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals.