Corporate unis muscle in
Universities and colleges are losing students to corporate training centres, an international study has found. Further education is particularly under threat as corporations make aggressive moves...
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Game on
A computer games degree has been launched by the University of Teesside. The four-year course has a year-out option in a computer games company or related industry.
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BIMA award
The London Institute has won a British Interactive Multimedia Association Award for its adult home learning CD, Creative HTML.
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ULT buys WebCT
WebCT, the online learning system developed at the University of British Columbia, Canada has been acquired by the US company Universal Learning Technology. www.webct.com and www.ult.net
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Current sources for research funding
Each week this section will list funds available for academic researchers. Details should be submitted to research@thesis.co.uk THE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION COMMISSION www.lic.gov.uk Call for research...
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Should Diana Warwick resign?
Should Diana Warwick resign from her post as chief executive of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals? Email us on soapbox@thesis.co.uk
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Should universities be taken to court
Should universities be taken to court for failure to promote or reward female academics? Email us on soapbox@thesis.co.uk
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Agony aunt
Q I have been having severe panic attacks when addressing staff or students and have lost confidence and am under-achieving. How do I stop the self-defeating spiral? A Susie Whiten Anatomy lecturer...
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Block booking
Mobile Lego robots from five universities in the UK and Ireland will play a volleyball tournament at the University of Reading on September 13.
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World watch
All Malaysia's 33,870 students entering the country's 11 public universities will have to attend compulsory one-day seminars to improve their understanding of government policies. The move is clearly...
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Why I ... ... want to edit Britain's best student newspaper
Far too many people think that student newspapers are substandard rags full of inaccurate stories and out-of-date gossip. As the editor of Liverpool's newest student publication I want to challenge...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES... Ruth Deech argued scientists should recognise the government is right to delay the law on cloning The government's response on June 24 to the Human Fertilisation Embryology...
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A conflict of interest
Graham Zellick explains why v-cs should not accept a Labour peer as their chief executive Earlier this week I gave notice of resigning from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals. I took...
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Equality by any legal means
Undervalued and underpaid women academics are using the courts to challenge sex discrimination. Tom Wilson backs their stand Walking down the corridor to her office, Jane Smith noticed an...
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With brains in mind
Sleep, diet and the right environment can help intelligence to thrive, say scientists. Bill Lucas looks at how lecturers can use this knowledge to create healthy conditions for learning It weighs...