China sees the future written on Blackboard
Virtual learning environments are being used as a teaching tool across the globe. David Jobbins reports on the latest country to get hooked up Chinese universities are expected to enthusiastically...
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Crystal clear for all to see
Information jams and long waits to publish research evidence could be a thing of the past thanks to new open- data sources that can make results available online to the scientific community, reports...
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File-osophy rules the podcast age
As US universities explore 'course-casting', Apple is trialling iTunes U, an academic annex to its successful music download service. Stephen Phillips listens in Homework for Deb Reisinger's second...
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Just how tempting is an Apple?
iPod, therefore I learn? Not just yet. A pilot suggests the iPod is still more a gimmick than an educational tool, says Michael Thomas Offering an iconic, covetable product that fits perfectly into...
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Take charge of your data
How do you design efficient, flexible, Data Protection Act-friendly, institution-wide storage systems for the ever-increasing amounts of information you gather? Electronic administration is the way...
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UKLight speeds to new horizons
SuperJANET was not built to handle the vast amounts of data now generated by facilities such as Cern, but a new network will be able to beam even the biggest packages round the globe. Judy Redfearn...
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Virtual dig to mine real solutions
It's a difficult task preparing rescuers to be sent deep underground after a mining disaster. But a Canadian university is pioneering a 3-D simulation that will make training that bit more realistic...
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What do you do when one size doesn't fit all?
An international initiative will help institutions get the IT services they need and save money, says Philip Pothen How many blades of the average Swiss army knife are never used? How many stations...
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Huge student 'no' to boycott
Sympathy over academic pay fails to translate into support for union methods, reports Jessica Shepherd Almost eight out of ten students oppose the boycott of exams and coursework called by the...
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Dust test sweeps away office retreats
Academics hiding among the bookshelves of their offices should beware of dust. University estates managers have enlisted a cunning ploy - the white-glove test - to help them in their drive to replace...
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'Some couldn't see the practical applications, but I was interested'
Phil Harper's technical and business acumen helped him win a £40,000 award for entrepreneurial researchers Life on the farm has helped Phil Harper, a research assistant at Sheffield University, win a...
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On the move...
* Brunel University School of Arts has appointed Richard Barrett and Christopher Fox research professors at the school's newly launched Centre for Contemporary Music Practice. Professor Fox has...
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Defend science, demand MPs
Today's cash-driven managerial ethos is being blamed for course cuts and the curbs on blue-skies thinking The Government must act to safeguard the future of vital science subjects in UK universities...
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Sausage factory culture puts the squeeze on ideas
The rights of academics to question conventional thinking and to pursue often controversial and unfashionable ideas are under threat from the "sausage-factory mentality" that is taking over...
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Date-hungry veggies with a beef say nuts to website
A campaign by vegetarians organised through an obscure dating website has led Newcastle University to withdraw a series of essays published on its own website, prompting an unlikely row over free...