Lannavaara
A degree-level course in gemmology will be offered next year at Lannavaara, northern Sweden, a mining town and gem centre with fewer than 100 inhabitants. It will be northern Europe's first gemmology...
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Jerusalem
Israeli biologists and zoologists have written to ministers and members of the Knesset (parliament) attacking Thai foreign workers for endangering Israeli wildlife. In a letter to the ministries of...
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Rio de Janeiro
The federal university in Rio de Janeiro is involved in a tug-of-war with the education minister over funds to improve poor classroom facilities. The university sought funding after the ministry...
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'Chief of structure' quits over new age of corporate speak
ROME A professor of Anglo-American literature at Venice University has announced he will abandon teaching after 42 years because he is baffled by the new wave of corporate-bureaucratic terminology...
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Sheffield Hallam University
(Photograph) - Student Chris Tann and vice-chancellor Diana Green demonstrate how some academics at Sheffield Hallam University have given up their offices in favour of a temporary workstation in a...
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Bids going up
Bath Information Data Services (Bids) is offering students and academics access to the Medline database. The free service, produced by the National Library of Medicine, contains more than 10 million...
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Sylvan unveils subsidiary
Sylvan Learning Systems, which owns the private Universidad Europea de Madrid, has launched a $500 million (Pounds 317 million) subsidiary that will specialise in internet-based programmes. The...
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Warning from the dark side of the web
A leader of the early internet last week sounded a warning about the potential for global "virtual conflict" and the tools needed to combat it. Steve Lukasik, visiting scholar at Stanford University...
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Students question virtual diplomat
American studies and politics students from ten United Kingdom institutions have had a virtual seminar with the United States ambassador to the UK, Philip Lader. Mr Lader initiated the experimental...
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E-archives for easier access to articles
A technical convention that promises easier access to articles and enables all archives to communicate with each other in a common language has marked a milestone in online academic publishing. The...
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Sleep safe
A partnership between doctors at Queen's University, Belfast, and a local medical equipment company has led to a breakthrough that will safeguard patients under anaesthetic. A team from the...
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Tailor-made courses
Bespoke management courses for small and medium-sized enterprises have been developed at Cranfield University, as the finale of a year-long research project into training needs. The courses will run...
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Readers' reactions
Two weeks ago in The THES... Geoffrey Copland argued that the government's new two-year foundation degrees risk being second-class qualifications Mark Blagrove, Senior lecturer in psychology,...
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Do you support the introduction of top-up fees?
Do you support the introduction of top-up fees? Email soapbox@thes.co.uk
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E-madness diagnosed
Sixty-four teams of business students from around the world are taking the first steps towards e millionaire status. The teams are competing in the Hummer Winblad Venture Partner's "February Madness...