French leaders demand freedom
University leaders in France are to step up their push for greater autonomy. Michel Laurent, newly elected first vice-president of the Conférence des Présidents d'Universités, has placed staff...
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Our quest for knowledge takes a wrong turning
Endless talk of debt and of future financial reward has blinded us to the proper purpose of education, says Alan Chesters The dilemma for universities and colleges created by the ever-decreasing...
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'British higher education cannot take the chance that technology is simply another passing fad'
The high-profile proposals in last month’s long-awaited white paper related to traditional face-to-face higher education. But dotted through its 100 pages was a recognition of the growing role played...
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Eyeing up the future
Do you have the leadership vision to take your institution forward into the knowledge economy? Steve Molyneux assesses the positions taken by the various players in the field and says the time has...
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Perfect platform for progress
The launch of the UK e-university last month provides every British university with a framework on which to offer online courses. Alison Goddard looks at the preparations to ensure the venture works...
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E-outfits go the distance
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
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Learning with a twist
Freshers are famous for partying but their socialising does not extend to chatting online, let alone using technology for study. Olga Wojtas reports on an initiative at Strathclyde University that...
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Virtually isolated?
Check out students' varying skills in ITand literacy before using the internet indiscriminately as a teaching tool, warns Barbara Hull Many of us in education are well versed in the use of the...
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News in brief
• The entertainment industry has warned US universities that they could face lawsuits if students continue using campus networks to illegally share copyrighted material such as music and movies....
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The informatics man
Mike Fourman is credited with bringing together three of Edinburgh University's departments to work as a single informatics body. He talks to Caroline Davis about the 'science of the 21st century'...
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Picture this...
Scientists are working to collatemillions of images for use in future research. Steve Farrar looks at how technology will make them accessible to all More than 1.75 million species of organism have...
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Advent of the digital test tube
Cambridge's Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics is moving research from the chemistry bench to the IT lab Inside a new pyramid-topped laboratory close to Cambridge city centre, chemists at the...
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The people's librarian
Chris Johnston meets the e-pioneer who is trying to encourage libraries to widen access to unpublished academic work by harnessing the power of the net Brewster Kahle calls the internet the "people's...
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Portal power
Portals are virtual gateways to information sources filtered specifically for the user. Pat Leon looks at why more and more universities are investing in them Three years ago, Craig Gibson, a...
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Global e-university yetto get off the ground
An ambitious joint venture between universities from four continents has had teething problems. Geoff Maslen reports from Melbourne Nearly 18 months after its announcement as the "world's premier...