Malaysian OU opts for Heriot-Watt expertise
Tan Sri Abdullah Sanusi, president of the fledgling Malaysian Open University, has finalised an e-learning deal with Heriot-Watt University to give new Malaysian students access to Heriot-Watt's...
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Six online pioneers launched by French
Six French "digital campuses" will open in October, pioneers in a government-sponsored attempt to provide online courses. Each is a consortium between institutions specialising in law, business or...
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Bid to get students to play around in class
Games and case studies must play a growing role in university teaching to counteract the trend towards computer-based learning, according to a teaching expert. Speaking at the recent conference of...
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Protest to free jailed Russian
US academics are campaigning for the release of Dmitry Sklyarov, a Russian postgraduate student who has been arrested and held in custody in the United States for violating security provisions in...
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Sociology e-degree launched
Three Manchester universities are to launch jointly the United Kingdom's first electronic postgraduate degree in sociology. Manchester, Salford and Manchester Metropolitan universities have pooled...
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Heart of academia continues to beat
During the past 12 months I have been appraised, assessed, monitored and examined; evaluated, validated, scrutinised and observed. I have been appraised by my head of school while my research...
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Past the sell-by date
In the debate about teaching quality audits and the need to minimise the intrusive nature of the Quality Assurance Agency's processes I have seen little mention of the problem of the numerous...
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Latest UK news
Gates Foundation funds Liverpool research The Liverpool School of Tropical Hygiene and Medicine has received £1.2 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its work in...
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Latest international news
Russia paroles US student 'spy' A US student jailed for drugs offences in Russia is expected to be released today after a Voronezh regional court granted parole. John Tobin was serving a one-year...
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Those hazy days of summer are here
Agony Aunt and the Teaching section are taking a well-earned break in the sunshine and will return again on September 7. In the meantime, subscribers seeking guidance ahead of the autumn term are...
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Conservation Programme Awards
Deadline: 31/10/2001
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The Global Environment
Deadline: 31/10/2001
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The first true Europeans
Larissa Bonfante enjoys an eclectic culture spanning 1,200 years. The Greeks of the international period of the 8th and 7th centuries BC considered the Etruscans, or Tyrrhenians as they called them,...
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Inhabitants of a world on the wane
The Other Side of Eden
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A pursuit of power, not peace
The Iron Wall