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Reports on the changes in the British educational system brought about by the White Paper report. Comments from science minister William Waldegrave; Reforms and boundary changes of the research council system; Revision of charters; Controversy over the proposal to reform postgraduate training through the introduction of a master of research degree.

Reports on the move of scientists to develop paper conservation techniques to save ancient Chinese documents found in the British Library in London, England. Effect of primitive preservation technology on the documents; Need to fix the preservation process; Testing of the technology on tiny fragments of the documents; Treatment of the `Diamond Sutra'.

Reports on the gathering of academics, journalists, theoreticians, activists and Scottish Parliamentary members, to ponder the significance of the 1975 book 'The Red Paper on Scotland' and the future of socialism. Gordon Brown's editing of the book; Theoretician Tom Nairn's contribution to the book; Brown's lack of 'critique' of the global market.

Discusses the issues and implications raised by the British government's White Paper on Science, Engineering and Technology entitled `Realising our Potential'. Basis of report; Reactions from various sectors; Organizational and management issues; Pervasive issues; Need to effectively address science and technology issues; Careful handling of graduate training; Need to ensure that bureaucracy does not overwhelm the enterprise; European dimension.

Focuses on the environmental benefits of paper recycling. Waste hierarchy; Combination of life-cycle assessment and economic valuation analysis.

Relates the author's experience in delivering her first paper for the Graduate Student Caucus at the Modern Language Association conference in the humanities in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Overview of the conference paper; Impact of the conference paper on her professional life; Career background of the author.

The author comments on developments in the department of Palmistry at the University of Poppleton in Yorkshire, England. He states that the first-class research papers submitted to the department failed to identify the distinction between general science of palmistry or cheirosophy, the specific practices of the study of hand lines or cheirognomy and dermatoglophics or the study of skin patterns. He cites the lack of further discussion on research breakthroughs in index finger analysis.

The article presents information on conference papers on students' university experience in Great Britain. Dilly Fung found that students view their university experience as a journey with elements of both risk and comfort. Rosalyn George and Anna Traianou said that British students and universities may fail to seize opportunities for cultural interchange being offered by globalized higher education. Ron Best cited the prevalence of self-harming students in certain subject areas.

Reports on the increased financial recognition to be given to universities in Great Britain by funding councils for research in partnership with industry. White Paper report as source; Increased proportion of funding council budgets; Expansion of the Teaching Company Scheme; Support for local firms; Paper's analysis of the role of universities; More.

Reports on the assessment of the government's plans for higher education by education minister Robert Jackson in Great Britain. Importance of the support of the Conservative Party to the government; Status of the government's higher education white paper; Responsibilities of Jackson as Tory minister.

Identifies the remedies to the problems of British science through a chain-link model of innovation. Allocation of one billion pounds to solve the problem of underfunding; Knowledge transfer; Role of industrial clusters in regional development; Consumer acceptance of new technology. INSET: What the experts say about the white paper..

Investigates whether papers that are off-limits to researchers really contain important secrets. Confidentiality and official secrecy of industrial and historical files; Problems in the access of important and official documents; Information on international copyright law. INSETS: Unrecorded legacies;Cambridge's secret collections.

Presents update on conferences in Great Britain as of April 28, 2000. Time management conference of the British Sociological Association; Theme of the Association of Art Historians' conference; Papers on social democracy presented at the conference of the Political Studies Association. INSETS: Caught in a time trap;Deep roots of violence;I don't know art, but I'll buy that.

Opinion. Discusses the results of the British government's zero-based review of scientific strength and weaknesses. Citing of the 1993 White Paper; Principles on the separation of science and politics; Failure by the Advisory Board for Research Councils to shift resources between research councils.

Analyzes professor Roland Clift's technique Life Cycle Assessment, an analysis on the environmental impacts of paper recycling. Saving of energy and chemicals through burning of used papers as a fuel; Suggestion to focus on the sustainability of the forests; Factors that hinder the burning of paper as fuel.

Opinion. Comments on the White Paper report on the performance of universities in Great Britain. Shift of emphasis in the education system towards greater engagement in wealth generation; Focus on further education and the Training and Enterprise Councils; Need for iterative process between researchers and other personnel; Social, cultural and environmental interactions.

Discusses the White Paper report on competitiveness in Great Britain. Attention devoted by the government to innovation; Academics' development of novel perspectives on innovation and competitiveness; Government's move away from heavy bias in measuring performance as a function of individual firms; Change in the function of the Department of Trade and Industry; Promotion of civil industrial research and development.

Reports on the decision of the British government to downgrade its master plan for lifelong learning from a white paper to a green consultation paper. Views of Kim Howless. lifelong learning minister; Plans of the government to publish the consultation paper.

The article focuses on the suggestion for academic tutors to start their comments on students' work with a positive note and then make no more than three constructive suggestions for improvement. According to Mike Webb, course leader at Worcester University, beginning feedback with negative comments can result in students getting depressed or dropping out of their course. He recommended tutors to let students choose their preferred types of feedback at the start of the course.

The article focuses on a study which found that some students are so obsessed with marks that they do not bother to read the comments written by tutors on their work. It also found that students read feedback if they received a particularly bad mark or a fail. Some read comments on highly graded essays to boost their confidence. According to researcher Gary Saunders, students who received marks of between 45 and 65 would not usually read the feedback because they felt they had done well enough.

Argues that paper recycling is not an environmentally sustainable activity. Long-distance movement of low-density waste; Use of resources and environmental emissions; Tool called life-cycle assessment; Environmental effect of recycling newsprint.

Offers views on the study of pornography in Great Britain. Presence of literature in the country debating the legality of pornography; Controversies surrounding the inclusion of pornography in an undergraduate curriculum; Need to accept that pornography is already part of the British culture.

The article focuses on the selection of papers presented at conferences. Most small scale conferences accept the papers submitted to them except for those with topics unrelated to the conference and those not within written English standards. On the other hand, international conferences have a committee of researchers that conduct peer reviews. A study, conducted by the Royal Society, on conference papers undergoing peer review shows that more than half are never published in journals.

Reports on the differences in the marking of student law papers in Great Britain. Classification difference in degree level for the same law paper; Benchmark statement produced by the Quality Assurance Agency concerning student law papers.

Reports on the appointment of Wendy Piat, senior research fellow at the center-left institute for Public Policy Research, to help the Great Britain Department for Education and Skills write the white paper. Anticipation for the contents of the paper; Authorship credits of Piat; Influence on higher education in the country.

Reports on the plan of the University of Michigan to bid for the auction of papers and personal effects of bomber Theodore Kaczynski in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Use of the proceeds to help pay restitution to Kaczynski's victims; Life sentence given to Kaczynski; Academic interest in Kaczynski's materials.

Reports on the content of the unpublished paper by the late government scientist David Kelly in Great Britain. Views of Kelly about the severity of the threat posed by Iraq; Fear about the Russian biological weapons activity; Speculation about the suicide of Kelly.

Reports that Andy Cushing is presenting a paper at the International Conference on the Science and Practice of Rugby, in Brisbane, Queensland.

Reports on the reaction of Universities UK to the British government's skills strategy white paper released in 2003. Background on the skills strategy proposal which aims to eliminate skills gap by offering free learning to adults aiming for a level-2 qualification and integrating different strands of government, training and business; Flaws of the proposal.

Reports that British legislators criticized the government's higher education (HE) white paper in July 2003 with a report attacking most of its proposals. Approval given by the committee to increase HE fees; Criticism of the government's plan to further concentrate research funding in top-rated departments and universities leaving weaker research institutions to focus on teaching and building links with local employers.

Reports on the skills strategy white paper of the government in Great Britain. Failure of the colleges to meet the training needs of staff; Emphasis on influencing negotiations with the Learning and Skills Council over college performance measures; Unification of education qualifications.

Reports on the criticism to the government's white paper for higher education in Great Britain. Changes in research funding; Corporate structure of learning institutions; Need for universities to remain internationally competitive.

Reports on the reaction of British Educational Research Association academic secretary Michael Bassey to an outdated study on the relationship between research and teaching excellence. Assumption on the misleading intent of the white paper; Details of the study; Issues related to teaching-only institution.

Focuses on the problem of journals on the rules about the authors of papers published in Great Britain. Guidelines of the Society for Neuroscience for authorship of journal articles; Authorship problems arose in biomedical sciences; Approach to the problem adopted by the journal 'Nature.'

Reports on a burglary at the Trans-University Center for the Assessment and Validation of Foreign Studies in Athens, Greece, wherein a number of examination papers were destroyed.

Comments on the significance of white paper in discussing the issues of student support and higher education funding in Great Britain. Priorities of education secretary Estelle Morris for long-term underinvestment; Role of government on implementation of changes in education.

Focuses on the contents of the cabinet papers pertaining to the term of Secretary of State for Education, Margaret Thatcher, in Great Britain. Priority given to a building program for primary schools; Desirability of placing polytechnic institutes under a polytechnic grant committee; Proposal to make institutions responsible for social facilities. INSET: Scots reform met Iron Lady resistance, by Olga Woytas..

Reports on the decision by the Welsh Assembly's higher education inquiry committee to censor a paper submitted by Welsh language and literature reader Dafydd Glyn Jones. Basis of the committee's decision; Reactions of academics to the committee's action. INSET: Framework is hailed as a breakthrough..

Reports that the Saint Andrews University in Saint Andrews, Scotland has created an Internet database of church papers. Intended purpose of the university for creating such Internet database; Advantages of theological researchers from using the Internet database; Estimated number of online database records to be created by the university.

Opinion. Defends the author's education policy for Great Britain's Opposition Education Green Paper. Explanation of the objectives of the paper; Recommendations; Political aspects.

Presents information as revealed by the 1967 Labour Cabinet papers on higher education, released in 1998 as relates to student loans. Financial problems that were facing higher education; Reason the papers were released in 1998; Outline of the contents of the papers.

Reports that the British Government is preparing to publish a `lifelong learning' green paper which will explore new approaches to supporting adult and continuing education and training. Proposals for encouraging lifelong learning outlined in the Competitiveness White Paper; Organization of publicity for Great Britain's contribution to the European Year of Lifelong Learning in 1996.

Reports on the British government's plan to publish a higher education green paper to tackle issues from its review of the sector. Unlikelihood of the paper to result into a legislative agendum; Reaction of the Labour Party; Possible inclusion of contents into the Conservative Party's General Election manifesto.

Cites the recommendations of the white paper titled `Modernizing Government' regarding educational change and higher education in Great Britain.

Focuses on the reaction of the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work for the regulation of long-term care in Great Britain written in white paper. Proposal for the Central Council.

Reports that due to the transport white paper, users of university and college car parks could be charged for using the premises. Comments from Tony Ridley, head of civil engineering at Imperial College, London, England; Prediction that academics at urban universities will also be charged; Plans of Imperial College to implement charges for parking.

Focuses on the British Department of Trade and Industry's paper on competitiveness. Links between higher education and its users.

Reports on the growth in the number of scientific papers published by European and Japanese commercial firms during the period 1980 to 1989. Study conducted by the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University; Firms' purpose of gaining scientific credibility.

Reports on university lecturers writing their own "green paper" on the future of higher education. Filling a dangerous vacuum; Attack on all three parties; Providing United Kingdom with its own view of the future of higher education; Competing as a high-tech nation; Seedbed of real economic future; Top-up fees; Hypothecated tax; Need for comprehensive review of the real beneficiaries of higher education.

Opinion. Comments on the issues tackled by the British Government's White Paper. Break-up of the Science and Engineering Research Council; Effectivity of alternative research council mission statements; Earmarking of funds for favored areas; Dangers of the emphasis on evaluation and accountability; Form of `foresight' exercises; Future of humanities research.