Your main problem as a researcher who wants to write a feature article is that you know too much. Assume that you fancy writing the odd piece in a field not too far from your own. You should start by...
A pump made from human muscle and plastic is being developed at Glasgow University as an alternative to heart transplants.'' A first paragraph to please any news editor - catchy but informative,...
A masters degree in space studies begins this summer for high-flying students from a range of disciplines. The course not only teaches students from all over the world how to design space projects,...
Sheila Mason describes her experience of studying part-time for ten years for a PhD at Nottingham University as a "postgraduate horror story". The shortest part of this horror story was her viva....
Over the past ten years the number of full-time research postgraduates has increased 129 per cent but this has not been matched by funding. Therefore since undergraduate numbers have also increased,...
There are no hard and fast statistics to prove it, and until a Government agency starts collecting the data, it is likely to remain a gut feeling. Nevertheless, many people working in the...
John Izbicki is writing a history of the University of North London, whose centenary will be commemorated next year. He would like to receive anecdotes, factual reminiscences and clearly captioned...
(Photograph) - Playtime: Central American ball player, on show at an exhibition of indian art at the Sainsbury Gallery, University of East Anglia, Norwich until June 4
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW: The following were awarded Honorary LLD degrees: Winifred Ewing, Member of the European Parliament; Marion Fraser, chair of Christian Aid and HM commissioner to the General...
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY: Research contracts: Professor J. McGuirk and Dr P. Render, Pounds 209,147 from British Aerospace Ltd (damaged wing studies); Professor J. McGuirk and Mr A. Wray...
AZTEC AND MAYAS BALLGAME: The Sainsbury Gallery at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, is exhibiting a selection of 70 central American indian paintings and drawings from the collection of Howard...
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ENGLAND: Maria Tighe, consultant to the Law Society and Council for National Academic Awards, has been appointed professor and head of the department of law in the business...
LIVERPOOL INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Simon Lee, currently professor of jurisprudence in the faculty of law at Queen's University Belfast, will succeed James Burke, the institute's first Rector, on...
John Taylor argues that the human mind can be modelled by machines. We live in extraordinarily volatile times, with constant challenges to any established authority, and clashes between people with...
Aisling Irwin reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Atlanta. An American academic says she was asked by the Los Angeles police department this...