No job too large for removable firm
Until the information superhighway is constructed, motorcycle couriers will weave through the city streets with cargoes of Photo CDs and SyQuest cartridges. Unless, that is, the media industry finds...
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Mobile phones
Portsmouth University's Frewen Library has installed a structured cabling system which makes it easier to move phones and computers around the building. 500 socket outlets are cabled to a wiring...
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NV queue
The first training materials for the new NVQs in using information technology have been in such demand that a reprint was ordered before the first pack even hit the shelf. The IT in Context package...
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Protein supplement
In its first year, about 70 students around the world completed Birkbeck College's pioneering undergraduate-level course on principles of protein structure, delivered over the Internet. The course...
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Deep thought
In his inaugural lecture as professor of philosophy of science and mathematics at Kings College London, Donald Gillies will pose the question: could computers become superior to humans? The lecture...
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Prince Charles backs net directory for youth
A giant directory of educational, career and voluntary work opportunities for young people has been launched on the Internet by television news presenter Martyn Lewis, with the support of the Prince...
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Cabinet secrets out in CD-Rom format
In a dramatic extension of information technology for the scholar, a selection of the state papers released at the beginning of this year under the 30-year rule has been published on CD-Rom. This...
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Shortlisted
Other academic projects on the awards trail include the Microcosm hypermedia system and the WinEcon economics courseware package. Microcosm, developed at Southampton University and marketed by...
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Glittering prizes
Southampton Institute's MBA course delivered over the Internet has been shortlisted in the Towards the Superhighway Awards competition run by BT and the Sunday Times. The shortlist of six was chosen...
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Israel allowed first supercomputers
Israel is to purchase two American supercomputers for university research, following a change of policy by the United States government. The United States had barred export of supercomputers to...
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Liver links
(Photograph) - Liver links: Philip Love, vice chancellor of the University of Liverpool (right), and the city's lord mayor, Michael Black, were at Liverpool Town Hall for the launch of MerseyWorld,...
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Promotions
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON Ia McIlwaine, senior lecturer, has been awarded a readership in classification and indexing.
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Grants
ASTON UNIVERSITY Charities. Professor G. Harding and Dr S. Anderson, Pounds 65,009 from the Japanese Epilepsy Association (epilepsy and computer generated video display games). Research contracts....
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Events
DANCE OF MIDDLE WORLD Tim Shaw's sculptural project, his main focus since graduating in 1989, will be exhibited in a show called "The Dance of the Middle World", in Falmouth College of Art's Gallery...
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Chairs
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL Peter Ainsworth, senior lecturer at the University of Manchester, has been appointed to a chair of French; Gehan Amaratunga, lecturer at the University of Cambridge, chair of...