The CIA's role in Animal Farm
The impact of the cold war and the shady role of the United States's Central Intelligence Agency in the production of Animal Farm, Britain's first feature-length animated film, was discussed by...
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Talent-spotting for equity and excellence
The University of Cape Town is taking radical steps to prove that excellence is not the preserve of white males, says vice-chancellor Mampehla Ramphele Will all the civil wars, bombs and industrial...
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Why are there top dogs in global science?
In the run up to Unesco's World Conference on Science, Tom Phelan and Stephen Cole discuss their research on national variations in scientific productivity It is clear that a relatively small group...
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Darwin for true believers
The Dynamic Society Exploring The Sources of Global Change
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Heavy metal for the data age
Stephen Quigley celebrates the creation of the first working stored-program computer "May 6th 1949. Machine in operation for first time. Printed a table of squares (0-99), time for programme 2 mins,...
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Sources for research funding
LEVERHULME TRUST www.leverhulme.org.uk 2001 Leverhulme Prize Fellowships Leverhulme Prize Fellowships are designed to recognise and facilitate the work of outstanding young research scholars of...
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Innovate or atrophy
Charles Leadbeater warns academics that ministers view them as insular and irrelevant A gulf of distrust and mutual misapprehension has opened up between the government and intellectuals in recent...
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Final harvest at Long Ashton
Why might a research station that has won annual grants of Pounds 5m be closed? Natasha Loder reports Earlier this summer a quiet catastrophe unfolded in the village of Long Ashton, on the outskirts...
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Give us Pounds 5 billion and we'll give back more
The CVCP aims to persuade the government that higher education is vital to wealth creation and social inclusion. Tony Tysome reports Vice-chancellors conjured scenes from Oliver Twist last week, when...
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A real screen saver
Chris Duckenfield describes how his university is bucking the UStrend of making cash-strapped students invest in laptops College costs in the United States are high, and plenty of people like it that...
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Devolution threatens worldwide standing
Vice-chancellors have voiced fears that devolution and regional policies could undermine the international standing of British higher education. They are worried that devolved powers in Scotland and...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this...
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Highlands plan goes forward
The University of the Highlands and Islands project this week unveiled its blueprint strategy to win university status by 2001, writes Olga Wojtas. Its consultative document sets a deadline of...
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Commercial propositions
REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE Is genetic modification of crops the hope for the future or a sure-fire route to bankruptcy? The issue was debated at this week's...
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Scotland demands more collaboration
A GOVERNMENT review of Scottish further education funding must foster collaboration rather than "over-vigorous competition", Scottish Office education and industry minister Brian Wilson has warned....