Whole of UK will be online by 2002
The government underlined its commitment to full participation in the internet economy by bringing forward its connectivity targets at an Oxford University conference last week. Richard Barrington,...
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Sex and death
(Photograph) - Sex and death: a Southampton University spin-off, XO2, has won a Department of Trade and Industry Smart Award to develop more environmentally friendly pest-control systems, using the...
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Minister calls for third funds stream
Funding for knowledge transfer should become a permanent third stream alongside funding for teaching and research, according to science minister Lord Sainsbury. Speaking at the Association for...
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Northern regeneration
More than 70 businesses are to be spawned in the north of England in the next two years as part of an Incubation Partnership between the science and technology departments at the University of...
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Fast talking in space
The feeling of distance in cyberspace depends on bandwidth because it controls communication speed, according to research in the United States. Guoray Cai, assistant professor of information science...
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Denmark goes virtual
Demark's minister of research, Birte Weiss, and minister of education, Margreth Vestager, have appointed a panel of university teachers, students and IT experts to produce ideas for the creation of a...
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IT respected
A new survey has shown that computation and IT graduates are the most highly regarded by employers. The survey, Signposts to Employability 2000, by University of Manchester Insititute of Science and...
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BT broadband boon
Colleges and libraries will save money and share information with a high-speed internet service to be launched by British Telecom. LearningStream will enable up to 200 users to connect to online...
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UK must offer a better experience to foreign students
There can be few industries in which the United Kingdom has a 25 per cent share of the world market, yet that is the target set for international student recruitment in higher education by 2005. So...
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Gross discrimination deserves the spotlight
The THES's league tables for female and ethnic minority professors, and next week's table for other senior staff, caused consternation even before publication. There has been log-rolling and even...
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Cold peace for Pristina in a hot-spot for Europe
Michael Daxner argues that a multi-ethnic university in Kosovo should not be built on history alone What must be done to ensure that the University of Pristina rapidly becomes a respected member of...
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Elite mobilise for e-bid
London's elite institutions have formed an informal partnership in a bid to run Britain's e-university. Led by University College London, the partnership includes Imperial College, the London School...
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Students flock to beauty pageants
The banning of the swimsuit section at the annual Miss Thailand contest has led to a flood of interest from university students who are eager to show they have beauty as well as brains. For years...
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Licence to swill may be revoked
The University of Cambridge may see an end to its 14th-century right to license the sale of alcohol. A Home Office review of licensing, examining entertainment industry and licensing laws, may...
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Blunkett intends to drop sex clause
The government looks set to remove its controversial Learning and Skills Bill clause on the portrayal of homosexuality in sex education next week. The move, signalled by education secretary David...