Wishes, perchance to dream
Neurological tests provide evidence that Freud's theory of dreams may have been right, says Mark Solms It is not very fashionable now to believe in Freudian theories about how the mind works....
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Why I...believe we still need women-only colleges
Jane Mulkerrans edits the Cambridge student magazine Varsity and is a second-year student in social and political sciences at New Hall, one of Cambridge's three single-sex colleges Women's colleges...
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Chisel - point 3D precision
Michelangelo's sculptures are being scanned to make a near perfect archive, Paul Bompard reports A team of scientists from Stanford University began work on Tuesday in Florence on an ambitious laser-...
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Pounds 300m saving with online patents
The world's first internet-based patent auction market was launched this week to bring together the owners of patents - including universities - and companies looking to commercialise research. Nir...
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Exe certificate
The University of Exeter has launched a range of courses that can be studied over the internet as well as by more traditional means. Designed for people who cannot easily travel, the courses can...
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Prints will come
Recent work by printmaker Sue Gollifer, who heads the Computers and Teaching Initiative centre for art and design at the University of Brighton, will be shown at the Colville Place Gallery (+44 171...
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Network for UHI
Workplace Technologies has been appointed to provide the essential communications infrastructure for Scotland's University of the Highlands and Islands, using technology from Cisco Systems. The...
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Green links
LEARN (Link Environmental and Academic Research Network) launched a website (www.swcl. org/learn/) on Wednesday that allows organisations to "commission" research from university and college students...
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IT2 equals more cash for long-term US research
Information technology research in the United States was this week singled out for a $366 million, or 28 per cent, budget boost. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science...
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Alone among friends
Lecturers are trying to encourage students to take responsibility for their study. But do students understand the changes that are taking place? asks Olga Wojtas The past decade has seen a dramatic...
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Pounds 20 million for 24 hours in Leeds
Leeds Metropolitan University has spent Pounds 20 million on a flexible learning centre offering 24-hour access to multimedia and other learning services. Most of the facilities at the Yorkshire city...
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Essex awards bright ideas
Essex University has announced awards in the first round of its Pounds 25,000 annual teaching and learning innovation fund. Projects will receive backing of up to Pounds 5,000 to buy staff teaching...
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Napier flexes minds
Napier University has set itself the goal of providing off-campus teaching for 10,000 students by 2008. It has adapted a software system for discussions between students and tutors under its Napier...
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Self-improvers get on the web
Dundee University students are being encouraged to use the web to sharpen their skills for study and work. A new university intranet website, Advance@ Dundee, aims to provide multidisciplinary...
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Chatline in virtual classrooms
Is online learning a lonely, isolated business or is the internet a friendly technology that builds virtual classrooms with human contact? The email exchange between Open University tutor Robin...