Professor ends hunger strike
A German university professor is claiming a cautious victory after his hunger-strike forced his university leadership to reconsider axing his interdisciplinary institute for the philosophy of humans...
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Talks begin over jailed Kosovans
The plight of unknown numbers of Kosovan academics and students held in Serbian jails was high on the agenda at the first official contact between the Serbian and Albanian academic and student...
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Form-boosting drugs claim rocks sport research centre
The University of Ferrara, home of Italy's leading centre for medical research related to sports, is at the centre of allegations concerning the use of performance-improving drugs by Italian athletes...
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lnstitute for Islam opens in Paris
An institute of Islamic studies is opening in Paris to carry out research into the Muslim world and provide continuing education, including courses for non academics. The Institut d'Etudes des...
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Visually impaired get media look-in
The advantages and pitfalls of video and multimedia for visually impaired students are being investigated by Edinburgh University's department of equity studies. The department has already produced...
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Oz sets up first global Chinese language course
A senior lecturer in Chinese studies at La Trobe University, Victoria, has set up what he claims is the world's first online Chinese- language teaching programme. Zhang Lizhong created an internet...
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Shanghai authorities have closed 127 internet cafes
The Shanghai authorities have closed 1 internet cafes in a crackdown days after new policies emerged from Beijing to control the internet more tightly. The authorities said the action was also in...
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Huddersfield plans virtual campus
Huddersfield University is developing a virtual campus that it believes will one day enable students to obtain degrees without ever setting foot in the town. The university's Pounds 500,000 Learning...
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Net archive speaks volumes
Scholars of Romance languages have a new facility for research via the internet. The Biblioteca Angelo Monteverdi at Rome's La Sapienza University has set up a vast digital archive of original works...
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Rapid-response unit tackles complaints
Loughborough University has embraced the rapidly developing service culture in higher education with an early-warning system to handle complaints and inquiries. Janet Ireland, customer services...
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Pounds 600,000 for online training in Africa
Members of human rights groups in southern Africa are to be trained online by a team of experts based at Oxford University's department for continuing education, thanks to an award of over Pounds 600...
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Forward with Leeds
Leeds University is developing a specialist computer software company as a result of its Pounds 20 million partnership with the Forward Group. The company, Virtual Working Systems, designs and tests...
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Measure of success
A tiny measuring device developed by researchers at St Andrews University has won an international award for commercial excellence. Timewarp, a device invented by Derryck Reid and Wilson Sibbett of...
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Now you see it...
The "disappearing computer" is the theme of the second Physical and Tangible Interaction workshop during the i3Net Spring Days in Athens from March 1-3. The workshop will focus on predictions that...
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Robots with a gentle touch
Scientists at Heriot-Watt University's department of mechanical and chemical engineering are using flexible materials to allow robots to grasp or select delicate objects without damaging them. The...