Queen's University, Belfast, has launched a pioneering research centre that will investigate how to boost the value of the creative industries within the economy. The Centre for Creative Industry,...
A team of researchers at the University of Oxford is developing a software system that should make digital-video editing almost as simple as using a word processor. The Isis Innovation team, led by...
Deborah Jones, an interactive arts student at the University of Wales College, Newport, with her 'e-inspired' ultra-violet light sculpture for the final-year show.
Ulster University has four campuses across Northern Ireland. In September, it aims to open a fifth - a virtual campus for the health professions, engineering and informatics backed by e-learning...
How can we welcome 50 per cent of school-leavers when we're strapped into a cash straitjacket? asks Martin Gaskell. This week I announced my intention to retire as rector of University College...
'Disenchanted' universities could find inspiration on the Las Vegas strip, suggests George Ritzer. In McDonaldising its operations, the university has become increasingly "disenchanted". Anything...
Staffordshire University has revitalised its school of engineering and advanced technology through the development of a BSc in film production, writes Tim Greenhalgh. The department moved away from...
The growth in digital video is creating new challenges for computer networks - especially regarding their data storage capacities. DV has underlined the need for secure back-up solutions. The main...
From web-accessible colour screen mobile phones to interactive robot pets, Japan has always been associated with cutting-edge technology and technical innovation. Yet it is facing a severe shortage...
The Royal College of Surgeons has launched its first online training package for members. "The course will complement the basic surgical training programme," said John Masih, BST courses development...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is refocusing its funding strategy to help tailor courses to meet the needs of industry more closely. "Our new masters training packages should...
There was no 'golden age' of universities before they were tainted by those golden arches, argues Alan Hudson. University experience might be more common than in the past, but the experience students...
In 1973, cross-cultural psychologist Gustav Johoda said: "Psychology needs developing countries badly." But almost three decades later, psychology remains a product of western culture, dominated by...
When I started to work on reconstructing the body, well over 30 years ago, I had one objective: to find the most inert synthetic substances that could restore some bodily function without doing any...
What links addiction, gambling, bungee-jumping and Parkinson's disease? Geoff Watts reports The brain chemical dopamine, a neurotransmitter or chemical messenger, is best known for its role in...