Talks over ideas right
University industrial liaison officials last week met representatives from leading companies that fund research as part of a series of talks aimed at establishing new arrangements for ownership of...
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The man who talked too much
Next Friday Danny Gaskell, a lecturer at Lambeth College, will appear before a disciplinary hearing to answer charges that he committed gross misconduct by bringing his employer into disrepute....
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Rethink on food toxins
A new classification of dietary substance must be invented to describe chemicals in food that were previously regarded as toxic but are increasingly implicated in protecting the body against diseases...
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Not just a passing problem
A handful of self-appointed malcontents? Or a growing number of professionals wishing to express genuine concerns about declining academic standards in Britain's unwieldy vocational qualifications...
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Mums get white meat warning
Babies are being denied vital nutrients by mothers who feed them fish and chicken rather than red meat, according to a study at Surrey University. The research, by Jackie Stordy and Jane Morgan,...
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Poplars wins EU popularity stakes
Encouraging Europe's farmers to diversify into forestry is the aim of the Pounds 1 million Beam Project, funded by the European Union, and based at the school of agriculture and forest science at the...
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Colombian vaccine cuts malaria risks
Field trials of a synthetic malaria vaccine developed by Colombian researchers have shown that it can reduce the risk of the disease by around 30 per cent in children in high-risk regions....
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Bournemouth University
Bournemouth University's department of conservation sciences helps to solve complex scientific and practical problems associated with safeguarding elements of the nation's heritage. The...
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Durham-University
Designing a self-righting buoy or packaging for emergency medical supplies to be dropped by parachute are just two of the projects which have engaged the minds of young people in the north-east...
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Twenty-one gun salute
The 21 universities and further education colleges who are the winners of the Queen's Anniversary Prizes for Higher and Further Education are the first beneficiaries of a scheme designed to find the...
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City and Islington College
Black media figures including Trevor Phillips and Moira Stewart are closely involved with City and Islington College's ground-breaking efforts to encourage young people from the ethnic minorities in...
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Aberdeen College
In the wake of the Piper Alpha disaster, there has been considerable concern about the safety of people working in the hostile environment of North Sea oil rigs. Aberdeen College, Scotland's largest...
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Glasgow University
Glasgow University is a prizewinner for its visitor centre, the first in the country, and a symbol of the university's determination to become more open to a wider public than staff and students. "A...
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Bedrock of elite survives reform
The bicentenaries of two of France's most prestigious grandes ecoles, l'Ecole Polytechnique last spring and Ulm (l'Ecole Normale Superieure) this autumn, have been the occasion of much celebration...
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Exhibition petition
Signatures are rapidly being collected in university circles in Hungary for a petition to save the proposed 1996 international exhibition, intended to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the...