Canada logs on to learn online
The Canadian Virtual University has become the largest online institution in the country after its launch last month. The new university is an amalgamation of seven universities that received more...
The Canadian Virtual University has become the largest online institution in the country after its launch last month. The new university is an amalgamation of seven universities that received more...
Julia Hinde reports from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia EATING chocolate could one day be "green" as well as delicious. Much of the world's cocoa, from which...
Cataloguing the languages of the world on computer is the ambitious intention of the international Logosphere programme. Fin-anced by the Leverhulme Trust, it was established by the Observatoire...
Court case raises conflict between academic freedom and universities’ duty of care, says barrister
From fax machines to dawn of the internet, librarians are used to facing ‘existential crises’ and many are embracing the challenge of ChatGPT head on
Dutch student complained that anti-cheating software did not work due to her skin colour, but university said problems were universal
Web 2.0 tools allow researchers to share ideas, data and results. Sarah Collinson and Zoe Corbyn report
The Times Higher examines how some countries restrict freedom on the internet Academics and students in China are facing increasingly sophisticated attempts to rein in the web. Rules brought into...
A complete rethink of the government's proposed e-university risks repeating the problems of the University for Industry. Plans for an elite core of institutions to lead the project - unveiled as...
Lawyers for Leicester University are very busy. According to the employment tribunal central register, at least five industrial tribunal cases are logged against the university. They include claims...
A SURVEY at a Canadian university shows that full-time professors work an average of 49 hours a week. The finding, according to the 12-member committee which coordinated the study, counters "the...
Academic chief executives in the US are discovering the benefits of email Rather than picking up the telephone or writing a memo, Robert Glidden, president of Ohio University, swivels his chair...
Levelling-up plans for ‘innovation accelerators’ bring hope for local decisions on R&D, but warnings against Whitehall’s ‘Stanford-Silicon Valley’ concept
The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media
Initiative intended to check office requirements redesigned after privacy panic