From Umbria to everywhere:Computer Books
Seven hilltop castles in Umbria are the nerve centres of a virtual university which will begin delivering courses this autumn to students across the globe. About 100 postgraduates will take a course...
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Beckett pulls no science punches
Scientists bemoaned the continuing dearth of new government money for science at the British Association's meeting in Leeds this week. This was despite an assurance from Margaret Beckett, president...
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US wages a books war
An association representing 90 per cent of university and college bookshops in the United States has sued Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press for charging them higher wholesale...
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Moving target: Colin Blakemore
(Photograph) - Moving target: Colin Blakemore, the incoming president of the British Association and for years the target of animal rights activists who oppose his experiments with animals, this week...
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Dean rehashed views on HIV
A PROFESSOR at City University has apologised in a journal for the way in which he used material from 14 academic papers in one review article. The apology, by Steven Haberman, professor of actuarial...
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The CAP doesn't fit environment
Agricultural policy, smart salmon and sex-change chickens at the British Association's annual festival of science in Leeds Advisers to the European Commission's Directorate on Environment have warned...
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Stay-ahead students warm to technology fees
More than half of all public universities, a third of public two-year community colleges and a fifth of private colleges in the United States charged technology fees to students last year. Many have...
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Welsh fear high-speed lockout
Academics at geographically remote institutions could be the losers in the forthcoming upgrade of the SuperJANET network, which will provide faster connections at 34 to 155 megabits per second (Mbps...
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Assembly will stir real change
YES What will Welsh devolution mean for higher education? Derec Llwyd Morgan and Nicholas Bourne disagree THE Government's White Paper on its proposals for a Welsh assembly states simply that "a...
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Woodhead's opponents
ROGER Murphy: dean of education at the University of Nottingham, and last year's president of the British Educational Research Association. Professor Murphy sparked the response to the Woodhead camp...
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Record contract:Computer Books
The University of London Computing Centre and the University of London Library have won the major contract for the Public Record Office's digital archive project, which promises improved access to...
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Teachnology:Computer Books
Educationists and computing specialists at the University of Huddersfield are launching a culture-crossing MSc programme in multimedia and education this month.
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V-cs bank on cash boost
VICE CHANCELLORS have no fall-back plans if ministers fail to come up with more cash for higher education by the end of the year, it emerged this week. In one of the last chances to influence funding...
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Fears of university money troubles
Fears of university money troubles next year were fuelled this week by news from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service of an overall increase in student numbers. UCAS was expecting an...
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Yes vote threat to Ron's vision
WELSH voters will be asked next week to back devolution proposals which jeopardise a pioneering approach to funding strongly endorsed in the Dearing report on the future of higher education. Sir Ron...