Final bow for the culture of deference
Japan is taking overdue steps to provide its students with relevant IT skills, Michael Fitzpatrick reports Japan, as any Japanese education minister will tell you, has got it all wrong. Yes, Japan...
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Pictures bridge the gap
Bar-Ilan University in the Tel Aviv suburbs is using video conferencing in an attempt to bridge the gap in educational standards between central institutions and those on Israel's periphery. Baruch...
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Logging is out as West logs into learning at a distance
Tim Cornwell reports on how 13 US states aim to build 'the Virtual U' Bottoms on seats, says Governor Roy Romer contemptuously, is how the United States measures the education of its students: "Our...
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Internet lifelines for a continent
Wachira Kigotho reports on first steps in sub-Saharan Africa to develop a virtual university that will provide students with a springboard to the IT age Nairobi and Moi universities in Kenya are...
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Shapes and graces in an infinite space
Claire Neesham reports on experiments with dance that use 3-D software and video-conferencing over the Internet to explore new movement It is late evening in Vancouver and Susan Kozel, a foundation...
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Binary mix takes a leading role in the global theatre
Ron Cook and Steve Dixon want to see digital performance taught as an integral part of the arts curriculum There is a rapidly growing interest in the application of digital technologies to the...
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MEPs oppose genetic patenting directive
Opposition is growing to a European directive that would allow biotechnology companies to patent genetic material. MEPs maintain there should be an ethical dimension to the issue, which will be put...
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Collective failure of the imagination
Martin Gandoff and Martin Hulse argue that universities are not equipping students with an understanding of how the IT revolution is transforming business and their futures We are not educating our...
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Only connect and Life becomes complete
LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. Metatools. Distributed in the United Kingdom by Principal +44 181 813 5656. Pounds ????+VAT ISBN ??????????? Macintosh/Windows dual platform CD with Internet access? The title...
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Research council for arts
The Dearing committee is set to recommend the creation of an Arts and Humanities Research Council. This is a favoured option in the committee's report following pressure to give research in the arts...
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Hands off our dual support
Britain's smaller research universities have delivered a pre-emptive strike against a fundamental review of research funding. Just two weeks before the Dearing committee publishes the results of its...
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Pot of gold for regions
SIR Ron Dearing may recommend top-slicing higher and further education budgets as part of his blueprint for regional collaboration. He is said to have taken a keen interest in a report produced by...
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Maths degrees alter content equation
MATHEMATICS degrees have broadened over the past few years and are now less focused on catering for the elite, a new study reveals, writes Julia Hinde. Peter Kahn of Liverpool Hope University College...
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Horror lurks in heaven
THE POTENTIAL cost to earth and civilisation from collision with asteroids is at least ten times greater than the hazard presented by the nuclear industry, scientists claim. This week they will tell...
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Mighty mice: Mini robotic mice
(Photograph) - Mighty mice: Mini robotic mice revved up and took centre stage last weekend for the 1997 World Micromouse Championships at Loughborough University. Organised by the Institution of...