Turn of the screw
Kennet and Avon Canal builders use an Archimedean screw at Hungerford to help repair a wooden culvert. This picture is one of hundreds to be archived online by the Waters Trust at a cost of £650,000...
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Enhanced fund pushes at film frontiers
The Scottish Executive last week added £1 million more to a fund for researchers in the early stages of developing work with commercial potential. The two-year-old "proof of concept" fund, managed by...
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Italians turn psychology's attention to web designs
Trento University in northern Italy is offering a degree course in psychology to train people to work on the design and management of websites. The course - science and techniques of applied...
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IT news in brief
E-book programmer pleads 'not guilty' Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov has pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking United States copyright law. Sklyarov, , who was released on $50,000...
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Scots roll out the bandwagon
The Scottish higher and further education funding councils have welcomed plans to extend access to high-speed internet services to more areas in Scotland. Wendy Alexander, Scottish minister for...
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Who needs a bus if you can use a mouse?
Internet-based "virtual mobility" could be a solution to the growing problem of social exclusion caused by lack of transport. Researchers at the University of Southampton have set up a qualitative...
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A brutal invite to harsh reality of globalisation
From his New York apartment, Stanley Aronowitz watched Tuesday's horror unfold. The World Trade Center's twin towers have so come to dominate New York's skyline that the physical face of the city has...
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It's time to erase the malaise
Higher education might raise morale if it practised what it preached by promoting collegiality, argues Peter McCaffery. Alienation, cynicism and demoralisation are rife in academic communities, yet...
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Privatise at a price
Some private cash benefits higher education, writes Natalie Fenton, but core funding should be public. The government kicked off its second term with a pledge to improve public services through...
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Why I...do not believe that Scotty will be beaming us up any time soon
If I could have one piece of Star Trek science come true, it would be the ability to reach warp speed - travelling faster than the speed of light - because that is what would allow humans to explore...
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A landmark building
Using his web tools John Whalley, eTutor of the Year, made sure his animal care students kept learning despite foot-and-mouth's impact Bishop Burton is a rural college on the edge of the Yorkshire...
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Agony aunt
Jill Manthorpe, Reader in community care, University of Hull Amid the euphoria of freshers' week, some students will be miserable. Setting off with high expectations, some students can find the...
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How to...pick buddies' brains
Catherine Smith finds out what a trainee doctor does when nerves take over and a patient is waiting for treatment Trainee doctors everywhere feel the pressure of adapting to life on the wards, but...
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Star Turn: Alonso Mendoza
Sue Law imagines herself in sunny Mexico as she listens to the man who spices up the learning lives of international students The hot and spicy rhythms of virtuoso Mexican percussionist Alonso...
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It's time to provide a bit of guidance
The European Commission has begun a wide-ranging consultation exercise to prepare the ground for an important policy document that it will issue by the end of this year on the future of life sciences...