UK boozing may not be as bad as French
The British habit of occasional alcoholic binges may be healthier than the French habit of continuous low-level drinking when it comes to preventing oesophagal cancer. The Biochemical Society heard...
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Swedish dental work could aid the disfigured
Pioneering dental research started in Sweden in the 1960s is now helping to rehabilitate patients who have lost limbs or part of their face. Per-Ingvar Branemark, head of the institute of applied...
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UK ignores dissociative disorders
The controversial illness, multiple personality disorder, goes undiagnosed and untreated in the United Kingdom despite being present in about one in 14 patients who use psychological and psychiatric...
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Stroke patients could gain from turtle studies
Treatment for strokes may be revolutionised by a drug that exploits the ability of turtles to survive without oxygen for several hours without brain damage, the Biochemical Society heard this week,...
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Murphy to fight fee contributions
Jim Murphy, president of the National Union of Students, will campaign against fee contributions in the review of student funding backed by four-fifths of delegates to conference last week. But Mr...
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Cardiff lawyers launch travellers' helpline
A telephone helpline for gypsies and new age travellers is being inaugurated by Cardiff University's Law School. Designed to offer advice to travellers facing threats of eviction following the 1994...
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AUT elects Burgess
The Association of University Teachers has elected Philip Burgess from Dundee University as its vice president and president-elect from September. Penny Holloway from Ulster was elected vice...
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Alex Frost
(Photograph) - Face to face: Alex Frost, a third-year fine art student at Staffordshire University confronts one of the pieces at the university's exhibition of students' work entitled 'Hung, Drawn...
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University advert league
Luton, De Montfort, South Bank and Staffordshire universities were the most prolific advertisers in national newspapers during last year's clearing, in a bid to fill their undergraduate places. More...
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Extra assessment panel plea suceeds
An extra research assessment panel has been created following representations from academics in the fields concerned. When the Higher Education Funding Council for England unveiled plans last year...
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Pounds 5.3m centre is jewel in Midlands' crown
Ministers in search of a model for a working partnership between higher education and industry may be encouraged by recent developments in Birmingham's "jewellery quarter". Last week, the University...
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Wales' botanic idea takes root
Wales is likely to emulate England and Scotland in having a national botanic garden following support from Secretary of State John Redwood. Four areas have been shortlisted as potential sites for the...
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Modern approach to crime 'medieval'
Crime should be seen and treated as a disease, according to the doctor who found the cure for tuberculosis 40 years ago. Sir John Crofton, who this week received the City of Edinburgh District...
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TTA plans review of funding
The new Teacher Training Agency is to launch a wide-ranging review of funding for initial and in-service teacher training. It has invited bids for an independent study team to consult with higher...
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Griffin Price and David Little
(Photograph) - Dead beat: Griffin Price and David Little contemplate violence on the night watch in the Welsh College of Music and Drama's Violent Night, one of the finalists in the National Student...