Armchair charity
Charities upset that the national lottery might hamper their fundraising are comforting themselves that, in order to take part, competitors must both drag themselves down to the shops and have a fair...
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Lottery survival
But if as a smoker under 40 with no established newspaper pattern you do enter the lottery, then tackle the task in the academic way by reading the numerous books on how to win, based on statistical...
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Plain sailing
New university it may be, but Plymouth is clearly maintaining the city's ancient maritime traditions -- its team came second in the recent World Student Yachting Cup. Anyone know how its bowls team...
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Falling star
The University of Glasgow has good and bad news from John "Fred" Brown, professor in the department of physics and astronomy. The bad news is that he feels "obliged to resign my post" and fellowship...
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Embroidered past
Greetings to Cynthia Weaver, senior lecturer in the school of theoretical and historical studies in art and design at the University of Central England, and recently chair of a working group on the...
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Canadian trinity
As well as some excellent universities, Canada can claim to have given the world two of this century's sharpest academic wits, with John Kenneth Galbraith following in the footsteps of Stephen...
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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...