Dial link gives access to Janet
A nationwide dial-up service will soon allow all universities and research councils to access the academic research computer network Janet. The service will be provided by Warrington-based Internet...
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Under wraps
(Photograph) - Under wraps: 1,600 work places in the library at Sheffield Hallam University's Pounds 14 million Adsetts Centre will be wired for information technology. The centre will be formally...
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Euro-call to break traditions
Higher education funding should reward colleges and universities that promote access and support for students from non-traditional backgrounds, a Council of Europe report has proposed. It calls for a...
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All out in November
All university staff, from porters to professors, from both old and new universities, could walk out in industrial action this November. Two higher education unions have voted to ballot their members...
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Expertise shortfall
Organisations should improve their expertise in staff planning to fit in with the current climate of "downsizing" and decentralisation, according to a report released this week by the Institute for...
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Trio launch hi-tec boost
Edinburgh's three universities have joined forces in a radical scheme to stimulate the growth of local high-tech companies. The "Connect" programme, launched by Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Napier...
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IBM Bangor centre
The University of Wales at Bangor has opened a IBM Centre of Excellence for Computational Chemistry. The centre is designed to boost collaboration between the university and industry, providing...
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Enrolments going right up to the wire
Furious competition for students means universities and colleges are cautious about assessing enrolment success this year until the new term begins, writes Harriet Swain. Many will be working right...
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Clampdown on foreigners
China is tightening controls on the hiring of foreign teaching staff by universities, who use them as an excuse to bump up tuition charges. Between 1991 and 1995, some 600 institutions, mostly...
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V-cs retreat on budget
Australian higher education unions have accused vice chancellors of using the federal government's budget cuts and the need to pay a wage rise as a pretext to impose large-scale redundancies. They...
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Teaching the art of learning
S. Taylor wrote that the central purpose of a first degree is "to facilitate and encourage the transformation of a person from being reliant on being 'taught' to being capable of 'teaching' oneself...
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Shephard's scars
In the last of our series about university memories, Gillian Shephard tells Simon Midgley about viva panic at Oxford. Now that was a point of extreme difficulty," Gillian Shephard says, wincing at...
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London for top-up fees
London University is poised to signal its support for the introduction of top-up fees to Sir Ron Dearing's higher education inquiry. Heads of London colleges are being asked to back a federal...
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Jet, set, go
The nation's media have been doorstepping Edinburgh University's International Social Sciences Institute on discovering that as soon as deputy director Ged Martin jetted back from New Zealand,...
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Rush to expand led Thames Valley to neglect 'detail'
Quality watchdogs have criticised Thames Valley University's handling of open learning courses overseas. Some programmes run by the university in collaboration with overseas partners suffered from a...