China in satellite deal with Surrey
The University of Surrey has established a company with Tsinghua University in Beijing to build small satellites for the Chinese market. The Chinese require about 100 small satellites over the next...
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Group's call for a 'third way' towards PhDs based on the European experience
A third way of getting a PhD should be introduced, according to the United Kingdom Council for Graduate Education. At present, British students submit a dissertation for a traditional PhD while...
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Industry told to get more adventurous
A study of venture capital in the United States over three decades estimates it now accounts for 20 per cent of total innovative effort and the impact of every venture dollar on patenting is five...
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DTI puts farming research to test
Biologists fear that agricultural research is under further threat. The Department of Trade and Industry has asked the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council to examine whether its...
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Power of the keys
(Photograph) - Tom Wickens, who is autistic, performed part of a Beethoven work and one of his own compositions at a conference at the University of Hertfordshire on educating children with autism...
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Why I ... think couples should have children
The current trend is to choose not to have children. All over the West birth rates are falling. And I am asking why. I have two different worries about this fall in population. My first anxiety is...
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Hedge bets and get rich safely
Universities should not lose their nerve after the near collapse of LCTM, says Andrew Murison There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth recently about the performance of a particular kind of...
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Too loving spoonfuls
Super student-friendly courses are now so easily digested that learners are in danger of expecting lecturers to do all the work. Alison Utley reports. The pressure to make courses more student-...
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Look at postgrad role
A seminar analysing the expanding role of postgraduate teaching assistants across all disciplines in higher education will be held on October at Regents College, London. The UK Council for Graduate...
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Basic skills primer
The Surrey University skills development project is aiming to raise the skills level of students entering higher education in areas such as communications, making presentations, working in teams and...
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Surrey cybercafes
A University of Surrey partnership with local organisations has led to the creation of a cybercafe to deliver adult education. The Unicafe, due for opening next spring, will allow students to study...
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Teaching awards
The University of Dundee has awarded two lecturers its honorary graduates award for innovative teaching. Allan Jones, of the department of biological sciences, was commended for his Internet-based...
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Rural techies
Darlington College of Technology is expanding to create a new purpose-built telematics centre at Catterick, North Yorkshire offering computer-based learning to local, regional and global customers....
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Biobusiness initiative
A competition aimed at helping bioscience students learn more about running their own business has been launched with backing from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. Called...
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Work experience BTEC
Students who work while studying have been offered the chance to gain a new national qualification. The BTEC professional development qualification in work-based experience, which has been launched...