Past masters
Erlangen University has put its unique collection of antiquities on the Web, in a project funded by the German research network DFN and the telecom company DeTeBerkom. It has become one of the most...
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Talking business
A consortium led by Stephen Hagen, dean of the school of languages and European studies at the University of Wolverhampton, has won Pounds 360,000 funding from the European Union to develop an...
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Open sesame
Open Computers and Finance, a principal UK provider of hardware and specialist software in education, is one of Britain's fastest growing companies, according to the Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100...
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In the Cannes
Student projects from the MA design for interactive media course in the Centre for Electronic Arts at Middlesex University won five places, and were the only United Kingdom representatives in the New...
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Well connected
Media Vault Ltd, a recently established multimedia company , wholly owned by Halton College, has solved the problem of creating a high-speed network between its six sites and the college with a...
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Campus connects firms
Swansea University is encouraging the area's business community to embrace information technology by linking 450 small businesses to the Internet. The university is lead partner in a Pounds 4 million...
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Hush puppy
(Photograph) - In the University of Exeter library, drama student Victoria Heath tries out the latest voice technology. Students can dictate essays, surf the Internet without using a keyboard, or get...
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Vets fill in gaps with CD prescription from pharmaceutical firm
Veterinary students are to have their education supplemented with recorded lectures on multimedia CD-Roms. The initiative is sponsored by the Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company Intervet UK and...
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A success story that may never be told
Fear of rising costs is blamed for deterring mature students from university. THES investigates. FOR Melissa Coward, entering higher education is an opportunity to get into a profession after working...
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Grants
University of Wales, Bangor Charities Professor R. Thorpe, Pounds 84,350 from Leverhulme Trust (snake venom evolution); Dr M. Lehane, Pounds 126,5 from the Wellcome Trust (functional domains in...
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Appointments
Ruskin College, Oxford Jim Durcan, management consultant, academic and Labour Party supporter, has been appointed principal of the college and will take up his post on Monday (February 16). The...
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The high price of family endeavour
Fear of rising costs is blamed for deterring mature students from university. THES investigates. Jenny Le Gear is facing the prospect of having to abandon her hopes of entering higher education so...
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Academics dust down theology for a new age
BRITAIN needs a new theology for a new age, according to 34 academics who have signed up to the idea. Churches must respond to changing public needs and be seen to be in touch with contemporary...
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Cost forces out over-25s
A SHARP drop in the number of mature students applying for higher education cast a shadow this week over the government's claims that its policies will not jeopardise lifelong learning. Figures from...
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Ghost story
(Photograph) - Ghost story: students at Worcester College of Higher Education made ghosts, ghouls and body bags the theme of their Friday 13 protests against tuition fees. Across the country students...