The colour and noise of commercial development on the World Wide Web can often screen out vastly more useful academic Internet tools. These tools remain net friendly in their use of bandwidth and...
Alistair Chalmers says Internet near meltdowns in the US and ߣߣÊÓƵ offer lessons that the UK's academic network managers must learn Most readers of this piece will be familiar with Janet, the...
Michael Boyd reports on collaborative research efforts that should help to make searching the Web a more exact experience for users at all levels A vital computing priority is to reduce the time and...
MANY astronomers do not believe "it would be politically feasible" to transfer all the work of the two Royal Observatories to one site, but accepted that savings have to be made, the Royal...
THE GENERAL election campaign is preventing publication of a quality assessment report of Edinburgh University's veterinary school until after a long-awaited visit from the Royal College of...
VETERINARY schools are finding it increasingly difficult to satisfy standards for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the body that ensures and approves the quality of degree courses, a leading...
The pick of the papers from the Political Studies Association conference in Ulster A Labour victory at the forthcoming general election would underline rather than threaten the political dominance...
From Brian Riches IN ARGUING against new approaches to the organisation of research and teaching Geoffrey Channon and Kate Fullbrook (THES, March 28) neglect the danger that without radical change...
From Fergus Millar YOUR REPORT about plans by Nottingham University to axe 50 academics (THES, March 28) illustrates the damaging consequences of the unthinking enforcement by the Higher Education...
The pick of the papers from the Political Studies Association conference in Ulster Support for the Scottish Green Party has dropped by more than half since the heady days of 1990 when...
PASTA police from research institutes across Europe are working together to track down spaghetti fraud. Scientists at Nottingham Trent University are developing rapid and reliable methods for...
A new technique for rapid diagnosis of meningitis has been developed by researchers at the University of Wales, Cardiff. Funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation, the research project has...
Double-decker lorries could cut road haulage costs by up to Pounds 340 million a year as well as reducing the lorry fleet's impact on the environment, according to researchers at Heriot-Watt...
SURREY University has launched its new Institute of Social Research, applying state-of-the-art research methods to problems in contemporary society. The institute, which opened last month, will...
The pick of the papers from the Political Studies Association conference in Ulster Violent clashes at loyalist parades in Northern Ireland are likely to intensify as the divided communities accept...