Scots roll out the bandwagon
The Scottish higher and further education funding councils have welcomed plans to extend access to high-speed internet services to more areas in Scotland. Wendy Alexander, Scottish minister for...
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Who needs a bus if you can use a mouse?
Internet-based "virtual mobility" could be a solution to the growing problem of social exclusion caused by lack of transport. Researchers at the University of Southampton have set up a qualitative...
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A brutal invite to harsh reality of globalisation
From his New York apartment, Stanley Aronowitz watched Tuesday's horror unfold. The World Trade Center's twin towers have so come to dominate New York's skyline that the physical face of the city has...
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It's time to erase the malaise
Higher education might raise morale if it practised what it preached by promoting collegiality, argues Peter McCaffery. Alienation, cynicism and demoralisation are rife in academic communities, yet...
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Privatise at a price
Some private cash benefits higher education, writes Natalie Fenton, but core funding should be public. The government kicked off its second term with a pledge to improve public services through...
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Why I...do not believe that Scotty will be beaming us up any time soon
If I could have one piece of Star Trek science come true, it would be the ability to reach warp speed - travelling faster than the speed of light - because that is what would allow humans to explore...
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A landmark building
Using his web tools John Whalley, eTutor of the Year, made sure his animal care students kept learning despite foot-and-mouth's impact Bishop Burton is a rural college on the edge of the Yorkshire...
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Agony aunt
Jill Manthorpe, Reader in community care, University of Hull Amid the euphoria of freshers' week, some students will be miserable. Setting off with high expectations, some students can find the...
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How to...pick buddies' brains
Catherine Smith finds out what a trainee doctor does when nerves take over and a patient is waiting for treatment Trainee doctors everywhere feel the pressure of adapting to life on the wards, but...
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Star Turn: Alonso Mendoza
Sue Law imagines herself in sunny Mexico as she listens to the man who spices up the learning lives of international students The hot and spicy rhythms of virtuoso Mexican percussionist Alonso...
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It's time to provide a bit of guidance
The European Commission has begun a wide-ranging consultation exercise to prepare the ground for an important policy document that it will issue by the end of this year on the future of life sciences...
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It might be imperfect and infuriating...
...but for all its faults, the RAE might be the best way of distributing funds, says Mike Edmunds The spectre of the research assessment exercise hangs over the UK university world. Heads of...
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Old softies get a buff and grind
Ancient invertebrates are hard to study but, Geoff Watts reports, computers and recycled car parts can help palaeontologists view the structures of soft-bodied creatures Spade, trowel, hammer and...
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EU adds ethics to Framework
The EU's 6th Framework Programme is likely to cut funds to experiments using primates and to marine science. Keith Nuthall reports Hints about the likely shape of the European Union's 6th Framework...
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Aceh rector shot dead as guerrilla tension flares
Compared with the carnage in New York, it was a small act of terrorism. Dayan Dawood, rector of Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, was heading back from the campus through the centre of town in...