China's high-tech institute
China has set up a new research institute to fuel the country's growing high-technology engineering sector. The institute, named Beijing University Engineering Research Institute, is a result of...
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Engineering doctors
Natasha Loder reports on an engineering qualification that could land its graduates fat wage packets in heavy industry One of the largest research councils - the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
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Change to admission system still on table
The Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals is pressing on with proposals for a post-qualification admissions system in the face of widespread opposition from schools, colleges and universities...
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Poll backs Mexican fee strikers
Public support for free state education from pre-school to university level is almost universal, according to an unofficial poll carried out by students at Mexico's National Autonomous University (...
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Tuition fees no deterrent?
The Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals believes the latest application figures may show tuition fees are not deterring potential students. Coshep says the most recent figures from the...
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On the move
Keith Gull, professor of molecular biology at the University of Manchester; John Padfield, chief executive of Chiroscience Group; and Margaret Stanley, reader of epithelial biology at the University...
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In the news
John Lawton was appointed chief executive of the Natural Sciences Research Council this week, taking up the post on October 1. Professor Lawton, 55, is currently director of the NSRC's centre for...
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Don's Diary
Monday. I drive to Nottingham to pick up Vesna who is acting as interpreter for our research with refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina. The research involves conducting life story interviews, which are...
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Scenic route to wide world
European students are border-hopping to get the best value in courses and literature. Sylvia Simmons reports. For French, German and Swiss students in the Rhine valley, one simple, user-friendly...
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US bid to keep program off the net fails
An American court has ruled that the government cannot block the export of a sophisticated encryption program, in a decision with broad ramifications for the free international exchange of computer...
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Book for the future
The Open eBook Authoring Group last week announced the completion of a draft of the Open eBook 1.0 Specification, which defines the format that content takes when it is converted from print to...
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Picture this: a way of learning that brings down traditional barriers of place and time
Videoconferencing is getting cheaper. It also has someunexpected uses for educators. John Warner reports. Videoconferencing: unstoppable or non-starter? If PictureTel vice-president Tim Duffy is to...
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How human touch makes a real learning difference
Technology can help people to communicate even when they are seated around the same table, says Clive Holtham. City University's centre for virtual work, commerce and learning, which opens next week...
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The three-year miracle can't last much longer
A doctorate has long been the near-compulsory licence for the would-be academic but no longer offers certain academic employment. It does, however, give access to research careers elsewhere. With...
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Subject bodies develop powers of assessment
The balance of power is shifting from the managers to practising academics, says Anthony Fletcher. The huge growth of the university sector has been marked by the proliferation of management. Subject...