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  1. Educating e-ostriches

    Students’ needs, not technology, must drive e-learning strategy, says the English funding council in its consultation document. But what does this mean for academics, many of whom are sceptical? The...

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  2. Hunt for the killer app

    From enabling access to past papers and official documents to offering a room-booking service, some portals have found what it takes to get users to log on again and again, writes Pat Leon The term “...

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  3. Get connected - welcome to the grid

    The sky’s the limit as the next incarnation of the web brings data-processing powers only dreamt of until now. Anna Fazackerley looks at how projects such as a virtual observatory for astronomers...

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  4. Now games fans can console themselves

    As computer games sales boom, institutions are investing in design courses in a bid to mine a rich seam. Anna Fazackerley reports Nearly half of seven to 29-year-olds play computer games almost every...

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  5. Pirate turned explorer

    E-learning could be key to teaching the expanding numbers of students entering higher education. Pat Leon meets the woman charged with developing the government’s strategy Diana Laurillard sits and...

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  6. Best foot forward

    The value of virtual learning experiences such as field trips is becoming apparent - but how do college tutors set these projects up? With the help of regional support centres, as Tony Tysome...

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  7. Playing the piper, calling up the tune

    The digitising of archive recordings is revolutionising the study of traditional music, writes Olga Wojtas Rehearsing bagpipe tunes in the university library is not the best route to popularity;...

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  8. Moveable objects

    With lecturers already uploading learning objects to the web for their students, the logical next step would be to pool these resources in a searchable online library for constant reuse. Olga Wojtas...

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  9. Private revolution in the air

    V-cs seem ready to break with the state by securing other funding streams but, as Chris Bunting reports, talk of privatised autonomy is a red herring for most universities. It was a peculiarly polite...

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  11. Why bad news is no news and crime is big business

    Government censorship of criminal research is spreading to academe, say Steve Tombs and Dave Whyte In 1997, after New Labour was first elected, one of Tony Blair's most trusted confidants, Lord...

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  12. A worst-case scenario that gets worse

    Is your university incident team ready to face fatalities? Olga Wojtas reports from a real-time reconstruction When staff arrive at 9.30am, they get a message from the convener of the university...

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  13. Conversion to another code

    With the help of the world cup, rugby union is muscling in on Aussie academe, says Huw Richards This weekend, Australia will come under the world spotlight as it hosts the final of the Rugby Union...

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  14. Whiter shade of beyond the pale

    Racial categories used in North America don't translate to the South, especially in Brazil, where asking people for their raca has elicited as many as 135 different 'colour' terms, says John Norvell...

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  15. Campus havens, classroom hell 1

    I'd like to share my experience of teaching in a typical secondary school in response to Tina Brown's article ("Get a job in academe? You must be joking", THES , November 7). In the county in which I...

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