Better training for teachers and doctors could be delivered by a broadband health and education network in the United Kingdom, according to a group of former BT executives who presented their plans...
Geoff McMullen (above) has taken over as chief executive of Ukerna, the company which operates JANET. Will the new broom make sweeping changes, Mike Holderness asks If you stand still, you die." We...
Helena Flusfeder reports on an Israeli Web search engine that should finally allow users to pinpoint the information they need Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have...
UNESCO, 50 YEARS FOR EDUCATION. Unesco +33 1 45 68 10 00. 285pp, + 2 Windows/Macintosh CD-Roms US$60.00. Britain's decision to leave Unesco, sacrificing international influence to solidarity with the...
Nick Holdsworth meets the unlikely Godfather of Russian language Internet chatlines Artiom Podstreshny seems an unlikely Godfather of Russian Internet chatlines. The slight, rather introverted fourth...
A SLUMP in student numbers has been blamed by South Bank University managers for their decision to axe posts in the faculty of the built environment. Vice-chancellor Gerald Bernbaum said that he was...
Recent rows over university management have informed a new guide for governors published this week. The guide, produced by the Committee of University Chairmen, makes key changes to the last guide,...
The National Union of Students has condemned government social security proposals for displaying cruelty and insensitivity towards students who are ill or caring for dependants, writes Olga Wojtas....
The impact of the cold war and the shady role of the United States's Central Intelligence Agency in the production of Animal Farm, Britain's first feature-length animated film, was discussed by...
A STUDY which claimed there were about 32,000 full-time students on media courses is flawed, according to Cary Bazalgette, education officer at the British Film Institute, writes Kam Patel. The 1996...
A former Quality Assurance Agency assistant director is taking the QAA to industrial tribunal, claiming unfair dismissal and breach of contract. Mike Williams, 61, was made redundant by the QAA last...
Last week saw the end of 18 months of disciplinary proceedings against psychology lecturer Chris Brand, Edinburgh University's self-styled "scientific racist". The university has insisted that the...
Manchester University is facing two further complaints of discrimination four months after an industrial tribunal ruled that the university "failed dismally" to follow equal opportunities procedures...
Scotland's Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has revealed a dramatic increase in tertiary sector disputes over pay and conditions. Frank Blair, director of Acas Scotland, presenting its...
The sociology of disasters is still an unexplored field, Anne Eyre of Coventry University told delegates. Dr Eyre is conducting a study of the long-term effects of some 1980s tragedies. The 1980s saw...