Two academics have developed software to detect plagiarised work. Two forensic linguistic experts have pooled their expertise and come up with a detection system that, it is claimed, will expose even...
Unacceptable levels of student progression and achievement at Stockport College of Further and Higher Education have been identified by quality inspectors, who warned that two degree courses may not...
The government has given Northern Ireland's further and higher education sector the Christmas present it wanted - 10,000 more student places. But the gift came late. The boost, which brings the...
Colleges and universities will be key beneficiaries of an expanded Pounds 7.8 billion Welsh Office budget, detailed figures show. But the sectors will be expected to take on 36,000 more students. The...
Would-be supermodels will soon be able to take advantage of a software package being developed at Bradford University. A virtual "you", complete with vital statistics and an image of your face, can...
University of Surrey researchers have found that 20-25 mg of alcohol can cause significant impairment to human behaviour and motor skills. Ian Hindmarch, professor of human psychopharmacology, says...
More than 200 students from Niger studying at the Cheik ANTA Diop University in Dakar, Senegal's capital, occupied their home country's embassy in protest against non-payment of bursaries for the...
"Normans not the Norm" (Findings, THES, December 18) has given me hope as I write my transfer report from MPhil to PhD. I just hope my supervisors and examiners also read The THES. But to ensure I "...
Claire Sanders reflects on the stories and people who made the news last year January The legacy of Lord Dearing's inquiry into higher education dominated 1998.It began with the Teaching and Higher...
Doctors and scientists at a Liverpool hospital are using high-tech monitoring systems in an attempt to give the tiniest and most vulnerable premature babies a better chance of life. Specialists in...
The role of further education colleges in higher education will be looked at by the working group reviewing the structure of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals, writes Tony Tysome. The...
THE ELECTRONIC PRIVACY PAPERS. By Bruce Schneier and David Banistar. Wiley Computer Publishing. 747pp Pounds 50.00. IBSN 0 471 12297 1 Subtitled Documents on the Battle for Privacy in the Age of...
Microsoft is attempting a swift rewrite of a software rental contract that United Kingdom academic negotiators regarded as "legally dangerous". The software vendor was unprepared for the revolt that...
An enthusiastic ice-skater, sailor and singer, Sir Alec Broers has always emphasised the importance to universities of involvement in the real world and having fun. When he became vice-chancellor of...
An opposition MP has demanded that Italy's premier justify an annual payment of 79,000 euros (Pounds 55,000) assigned to the rector of La Sapienza University in July by the board of directors....