Put your plans on the map
Wipe out the whiteboard, suggests David Jobbins, and start mind-mapping Universities are increasingly adopting mind-mapping software as a dynamic way of generating ideas. Mind maps are similar to...
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The chips are flying
Researchers at almost any university in Canada can access expensive testing equipment thanks to a 'virtual collaboratory'. Stephen Strauss reports You would not find a machine like this in any...
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Dial 'L' for library
The contents of an entire library could be carried on a mobile phone within ten years. Keith Nuthall meets a man thinking small about huge volumes of data Universities are set to benefit from a...
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ICT index page
ICT in higher education Published in The Times Higher on October 20 2006 Leader </a> 'E-Science opportunities for academics in the arts and humanities are great, and attention is...
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Lecturer admits role in tutor firm
A part-time lecturer at Coventry University this week outed himself as a key force behind a company condemned by vice-chancellors as an "inappropriate" and "exploitative" business that could land...
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Life-risking 'spy' plan pulled
Academic protests have forced the Foreign Office to delay an anti-terror project. Phil Baty reports Two research councils put plans to enlist academics in the War on Terror on hold this week after...
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'We will explore the extent to which robots will become part of society'
Alan Winfield is enlisting the help of three metal 'friends' to raise the profile of science and engineering When Alan Winfield walks into the Institution of Engineering and Technology in London next...
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On the move...
* Glasgow University has appointed two honorary professors: Alan Clements , film-maker and media entrepreneur, will join the faculty of law, business and social sciences; and Kevin Murray , chartered...
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Lower bar for poor, DfES told
Report suggests admissions tutors reduce grade requirements for applicants from 'disadvantaged' groups to widen participation, Jessica Shepherd reports Universities should offer places to "...
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How do you widen participation without discrimination?
The Leeds academics who wrote the access report explain their reasoning Admissions processes must be fair to all applicants and transparent. And herein lies a quandary: how can you widen...
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Research elite fear new institute will take FP7 cash
Leading research universities have attacked plans to allow a European Institute of Technology to issue degrees and take money from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme. Katrien Maes,...
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Next week
HOW EXTREMISTS TARGET STUDENTS A former member of the radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir speaks out PLUS Portfolio academics: they run companies, star on TV and advise ministers - all before...
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Staff must 'identify' extremism
State guidance asks academics to monitor student activity and 'ask for help'. Claire Sanders reports Special Branch is to offer training to academics on how to "recognise and respond to potential...
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Police forge links with Dundee Muslims
A controversial Special Branch Community Contact Unit set up by Tayside police has established groundbreaking links with Dundee and Abertay universities, writes Claire Sanders. The unit was set up...
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Academics urged to join battle against terrorism
The Government's secret guidance amounts to a call to arms for university staff in the battle against terrorism. The 18-page draft guidance, seen by The Times Higher , seeks to recruit academics,...