The first Bristol University Enterprise Centre Business Plan Competition prize has been awarded to a modelling technique that allows objects on a computer screen to be lit by authentic illumination...
Britain has to make sure it becomes the world's number one broadband nation - not least to underpin effective lifelong learning - but it will take more than just government action to achieve that...
A search engine for the construction industry that overcomes the frustration of wasted time on the web has been created by Newcastle University researchers. The system was developed in partnership...
The words "enterprise" and "entrepreneurial" are finding their way into a growing number of university mission statements and strategic plans. But some of the more traditional institutions, such as...
A marketing campaign that pokes fun at academic jargon helped a low-profile Ontario university meet a daunting faculty recruitment challenge. Using some self-deprecating wit, the University of...
(Photograph) - Dennis Skinner, MP for Bolsover, at the launch of a new website about Creswell Crags, a beauty spot in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The site, in Mr Skinner's constituency, is one of...
As the G8 countires prepare a development plan for Africa, Francois Rajaoson explains its universities' critical role in the economic future. Africa's universities were principal casualties of the...
Management in both private and public sectors lacks common sense, says Christopher Grey. The debate about the role of the private sector in the delivery of public services has put management centre...
Big Brother was initially touted as a social experiment, but Channel Four backed off when the notion came under attack. It is not a scientific experiment. There are no controlled conditions. But it...
A body is needed to remove the risk of pointing out unethical behaviour, say Herbert Arst and Mark Caddick. Suppose while reading a scientific publication you spot data that you have good reason to...
Funding chiefs are sitting on about £30 million allocated for university places that failed to materialise. The money will stay in the Higher Education Funding Council for England's coffers for the...
Charities back away from Nottingham The Association of Medical Research Charities has asked Nottingham University to delete a press release with the headline “Association of Medical Research...
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A merger between the two main lecturers' unions was back on the agenda this week after the Association of University Teachers lost its general secretary, David Triesman, to the Labour Party. Natfhe...
The Learning and Skills Council has its work cut out to rescue work-based education and training from mediocrity and often outright failure, according to a report by David Sherlock, chief inspector...