The subject was ancient, the style postmodern. Cornelius Holtorf gained his archaeology PhD from the University of Wales, Lampeter with a paperless thesis presented on a CD-Rom. He chose his medium...
Step through one of the internet's subject gateways and you leave the information jungle behind, says Ayala Ochert Many academics have shied away from using the world wide web after discovering that...
WINTRAK PRO. By Paul Traufler. (+1 256 837 0084 www.hsv.tis.net/wintrak). US$69.95. Windows 95/98/NT CD. Windows 3.11 and DOS versions also available. In the early days after the launch of Sputnik,...
Complaints from female students at Edinburgh University have led to the removal of a bronze bust of writer and philosopher Arthur Koestler. The students became uneasy after learning that Koestler had...
Phil Baty looks at who has made it on to the RDA boards Five vice-chancellors and two college principals are among the 117 board members of the nine new regional development agencies. Ministers, who...
Belgrade University's philology faculty has temporarily reinstated academics suspended for refusing to sign "loyalty" contracts under the new Higher Education Act.
Salford University's department of chemistry has won Pounds 10,000 from the Millennium Awards Scheme for a chemistry extravaganza to attract more than 2,000 secondary pupils by involving them in a...
Further education college heads have accused university vice-chancellors of hampering their bids for new higher education money. They claim that higher education funding chiefs are handicapping...
The breakdown of funds for the European Union's multibillion pound Fifth Framework research programme - due to kick off in February - has been agreed at a meeting of European research ministers. They...
The push by the chief inspector of schools to limit educational research to work of direct relevance to teacher training and government policy threatens to undermine the development of new...
Universities keen to cash in on the biggest expansion in medical education since the 1960s must this week confirm their intention to bid for 1,000 extra places. Among the bidders will be the Open...
Scotland's universities will create nearly 300 new spin-out companies over ten years, exceeding the 150 target set by Technology Ventures in 1996, according to the second Technology Ventures annual...
The Scottish Further Education Funding Council is born today, sharing premises, staff and some members with the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council. And one office will be shared by Chris...
The National Union of Students has written to the chief executive of the Student Loans Company, Colin Ward, demanding improved administration of loan applications. NUS president Andrew Pakes claims...
Keele University has defended its decision to sell a collection of old and rare manuscripts considered by mathematicians to be a significant national resource. The university came under fire for...