Online libraries require Pounds 530m
It would cost Pounds 530 million to create a national digital network linking all public libraries to the information superhighway, a Library and Information Commission report estimates. The...
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Derby sails into the unknown
Derby University is facing up to a political challenge. It is so on message in terms of the government's lifelong learning agenda that it has almost gone off message. If that sounds confusing, Roger...
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Wordwise software designed to sniff out plagiarists
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...
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Stockport rapped for poor degree progress
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...
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Northern Ireland gains present of 10,000 places
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...
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Welsh get cash in return for more students
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...
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Material girl for the catwalk
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...
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Zero tolerance on drink-driving
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...
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Dakar
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...
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It's all in a name
"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 "...
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1998 who made a splash?
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...
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Colour coding helps premature babies
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...
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CVCP to review role of colleges
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...
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Spooks on the surface
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...
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Microsoft heads off rental scheme revolt
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...