Sasakawa slips between the lines
For all his immense wealth and power, Ryoichi Sasakawa's death last week from heart failure, at the age of 96, was recorded in Japan with a brevity that betrayed the most intense discomfort. At once...
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De Boishue book sparks race row
A heated row has blown up over allegedly racist passages in a book written by France's secretary of state for higher education, Jean de Boishue. The opposition Socialist Party has called for his...
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Universities ordered to repay tuition fees
Universities in Portugal are faced with having to refund students' tuition fees they paid illegally, following a council of rectors' ruling. The mistake - a misinterpretation of the 1994 tuition fees...
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X-ray boost for industry
An X-ray system devised for use in medical research at the University of Wales College of Medicine is now being applied to the needs of industry, writes Iola Smith. Originally installed to help...
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Diamond idea to defeat cruel sea
The cruel sea can soon wear out even the hardest of industrial materials used by the oil industry such as tungsten carbide, used to make seabed valves. Engineers at Southampton, Oxford and South Bank...
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High fibre contact could lead to cancer
Deaths from mesothelioma, the cancer of the lungs linked exclusively to asbestos fibre exposure, are set to reach 3,000 a year in this country by the year 2020. Nearly all of these deaths are likely...
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Designer approach to production line
Encouraging companies to incorporate design in their manufacturing strategy is the aim of Cardiff Institute's innovative Design Engineering Research Centre. Focusing on helping industry to create...
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Yeltsin is 'dead duck'
President Yeltsin is a "dead duck president" says Matthew Wyman, who is researching elections and electoral change in Russia for Keele University's European Research Centre. It is unlikely that the...
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Second thoughts on Scots mentors
The Scottish Office Education Department has postponed its controversial mentor scheme for student teachers following lack of support from schools. College of education staff fear that the scheme,...
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University College Salford's brass band in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Photograph) - Top brass: The University College Salford's brass band is currently in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on a two-week concert tour in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Cultura Inglesa, an...
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Rebuilding masonry brick by brick
Masonry, the use of brickwork and stonework, was once a skilled art. Today, brick and stone block are invariably flat faced and dull. But the art of the mason could be revived, thanks to work at the...
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Welsh women boost learning numbers
Fifty-five per cent more students were enrolled in higher education in Wales in 1993/94 than in 1989/90, according to the Further and Higher Education Statistics recently published by the Welsh...
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Funders act on complaints
Between October 1993 and April this year the Further Education Funding Council adjudicated on 17 complaints relating to the quality of education at various colleges around the country. Grievances...
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Scots formula for more women
The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council has earmarked Pounds 300,000 for guides to encourage and support women in science, engineering and technology, backed by pilot projects to develop good...
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Swindon vision focuses on cable campus
A blueprint for a high-tech university, with students working largely from home instead of on a traditional campus, is being commissioned to help meet the outstanding lack of higher education...