Monash finds Italian home for academy
An 18th-century palazzo in Prato, near Florence, once a private gaming club for the gentlemen of the city's textile oligarchy, will house a new centre established by Australia's Monash University....
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U21 goes online just as market tumbles
An online university was created last week by Universitas 21, the global consortium of 18 research-intensive universities, and Thomson Learning. The launch comes in the midst of a downturn in world...
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Family firms trail on training
Northern Ireland's small businesses, which make up about 95 per cent of industry in the province, are falling behind other European countries and even Turkey and North Africa in staff training and...
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Turn of the screw
Kennet and Avon Canal builders use an Archimedean screw at Hungerford to help repair a wooden culvert. This picture is one of hundreds to be archived online by the Waters Trust at a cost of £650,000...
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Enhanced fund pushes at film frontiers
The Scottish Executive last week added £1 million more to a fund for researchers in the early stages of developing work with commercial potential. The two-year-old "proof of concept" fund, managed by...
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Italians turn psychology's attention to web designs
Trento University in northern Italy is offering a degree course in psychology to train people to work on the design and management of websites. The course - science and techniques of applied...
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IT news in brief
E-book programmer pleads 'not guilty' Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov has pleaded not guilty to charges of breaking United States copyright law. Sklyarov, , who was released on $50,000...
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Scots roll out the bandwagon
The Scottish higher and further education funding councils have welcomed plans to extend access to high-speed internet services to more areas in Scotland. Wendy Alexander, Scottish minister for...
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Who needs a bus if you can use a mouse?
Internet-based "virtual mobility" could be a solution to the growing problem of social exclusion caused by lack of transport. Researchers at the University of Southampton have set up a qualitative...
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A brutal invite to harsh reality of globalisation
From his New York apartment, Stanley Aronowitz watched Tuesday's horror unfold. The World Trade Center's twin towers have so come to dominate New York's skyline that the physical face of the city has...
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It's time to erase the malaise
Higher education might raise morale if it practised what it preached by promoting collegiality, argues Peter McCaffery. Alienation, cynicism and demoralisation are rife in academic communities, yet...
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Privatise at a price
Some private cash benefits higher education, writes Natalie Fenton, but core funding should be public. The government kicked off its second term with a pledge to improve public services through...
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Why I...do not believe that Scotty will be beaming us up any time soon
If I could have one piece of Star Trek science come true, it would be the ability to reach warp speed - travelling faster than the speed of light - because that is what would allow humans to explore...
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A landmark building
Using his web tools John Whalley, eTutor of the Year, made sure his animal care students kept learning despite foot-and-mouth's impact Bishop Burton is a rural college on the edge of the Yorkshire...
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Agony aunt
Jill Manthorpe, Reader in community care, University of Hull Amid the euphoria of freshers' week, some students will be miserable. Setting off with high expectations, some students can find the...