Randall outlines quality rethink
THE LATEST version of the Quality Assurance Agency's revamped proposals for policing higher education standards is a significant step forward, vice-chancellors agreed last week. The ideas, outlined...
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Timetable is 'too tight'
THE TIMETABLE set by quality watchdogs for trialling a new system for setting standards is too ambitious, Scottish university and college chiefs have warned. Teams of academics developing definitions...
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Swipe your card for a spin in the saddle
New universities are pioneering the use of environmental policies. Julia Hinde reports Portsmouth University's pioneering Bikeabout scheme has already encouraged 300 students and staff to abandon...
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Democracy put in a spin
DEMOCRACY may be under threat as journalists struggle to maintain the integrity of their craft, says a media expert. Bob Franklin, reader in media and communication studies at Sheffield University,...
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Euro prize
Closing date for the European awards for multimedia creativity is June 30. There are six categories including "Knowledge and discovery" and a student award. See www.europrix.org.
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Knowledge network
The University of Westminster, with North West London TEC, has set up New Media Knowledge, a business network to help small media companies in central and West London. The project is led by Stephen...
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Learning sites
Networking newsletter (http://node.on.ca/ networking/issues/) is funded by the Ontario government and covers learning technology for post-secondary education and training. A US equivalent, Virtual...
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Exposed: PR's political ambition
STIRLING University researchers are mapping the scope and scale of the political public relations industries and the professional groups who staff them. The work, led by Philip Schlesinger of...
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Rome relaxes its iron grip
ITALIAN universities must get to grips with their new-found academic freedom by this autumn, university minister Luigi Berlinguer has told rectors. Under a 1997 law, state universities have gained...
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Warm blast from past
NORTH-EAST Europe was warmer 6,000 years ago than it is today, according to findings from a database of the pollen found in fossils. With funding from the European Commission, data was collected...
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Toxic shock
POISONS in the environment may eventually lead to backwards evolution of the human brain, according the author of a new study into global environmental change. Christopher Williams, lecturer in...
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Pilot project
MANAGERS involved in making the design of jet engines more efficient will be able to "pilot" a virtual company through a simulator to predict the outcome of making different decisions. Researchers...
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Myth that travels
Popular belief that improved public transport and more cycling will solve traffic congestion, air pollution and accidents is a myth, says John Wotton of Southampton University's transport research...
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Language lecturers bow to pressure
EIGHT foreign language lecturers at the University of Verona have caved in to the university authorities after a ten-year battle and accepted downgrading to language assistant status. Six had...
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Robots kick off World Cup
ADVANCED robotics and artificial intelligence will meet the challenges of international soccer with Cybermondial, the World Cup of Robot Footballers in Paris later this month. Some 60 teams of...