White papers excepted, nothing excites such interest among readers of The THES as our annual survey of vice-chancellors' pay. In any walk of life, employees are intrigued to know what the boss earns...
The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's glossiest showcase for science and innovation. It is therefore little wonder that European scientists and...
The high-profile proposals in last month’s long-awaited white paper related to traditional face-to-face higher education. But dotted through its 100 pages was a recognition of the growing role played...
Do you have the leadership vision to take your institution forward into the knowledge economy? Steve Molyneux assesses the positions taken by the various players in the field and says the time has...
The launch of the UK e-university last month provides every British university with a framework on which to offer online courses. Alison Goddard looks at the preparations to ensure the venture works...
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
Freshers are famous for partying but their socialising does not extend to chatting online, let alone using technology for study. Olga Wojtas reports on an initiative at Strathclyde University that...
Check out students' varying skills in ITand literacy before using the internet indiscriminately as a teaching tool, warns Barbara Hull Many of us in education are well versed in the use of the...
• The entertainment industry has warned US universities that they could face lawsuits if students continue using campus networks to illegally share copyrighted material such as music and movies....
Mike Fourman is credited with bringing together three of Edinburgh University's departments to work as a single informatics body. He talks to Caroline Davis about the 'science of the 21st century'...
Scientists are working to collatemillions of images for use in future research. Steve Farrar looks at how technology will make them accessible to all More than 1.75 million species of organism have...
Cambridge's Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics is moving research from the chemistry bench to the IT lab Inside a new pyramid-topped laboratory close to Cambridge city centre, chemists at the...
Chris Johnston meets the e-pioneer who is trying to encourage libraries to widen access to unpublished academic work by harnessing the power of the net Brewster Kahle calls the internet the "people's...
Portals are virtual gateways to information sources filtered specifically for the user. Pat Leon looks at why more and more universities are investing in them Three years ago, Craig Gibson, a...
An ambitious joint venture between universities from four continents has had teething problems. Geoff Maslen reports from Melbourne Nearly 18 months after its announcement as the "world's premier...