Sweden tackles diversity problem
Ethnic and social diversity must be improved in higher education if Sweden is to take full advantage of the possibilities offered by the multiplicity of its society, a report to education minister...
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Report reveals literacy gap
At least a quarter of adults in each of 20 countries taking part in a survey of literacy skills fell below the level needed for coping with the demands of daily life and work in a complex advanced...
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Manchester in bid for greater confidentiality
The University of Manchester is facing up to the demands for more secure methods of protecting access to confidential information on the internet, writes Tim Greenhalgh. The university has begun work...
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On camera: culture secretary Chris Smith
(Photograph) - On camera: culture secretary Chris Smith caught another angle of the Silicon Fen effect last week in Lincoln when he visited the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside to see the...
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Next week
NEWS. Birmingham axes 150 jobs as it repositions itself for the 21st century. FEATURES. Are people naturally peaceful? Military historian Michael Howard discusses the question as part of our coverage...
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...And earth just gets younger
The oldest rocks on earth have just become a little younger, writes Steve Farrar. Geologists have calculated that the earliest reliable date that can be attached to any known in-situ rock is 3.8...
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Cash boost for optics research
A multi-million pound government initiative to strengthen the UK's optical technology industry has been launched. The Pounds 11 million programme, aimed at encouraging greater links between...
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CBA revels in success of internet service
Digital libraries have many advantages - the materials are never out or misfiled and you do not have to do more than fire up your internet browser to access them. But the biggest plus of digitisation...
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Call for business start-up support
Universities should give better support to the creation of start-up companies, a report from the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals will recommend. The process of setting up spin-off...
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Alliance targets Asian e-learning market
An alliance of nine universities in Britain, Canada, the United States and Australia has been formed to deliver postgraduate courses over the internet to the rapidly expanding Asian market. Unlike...
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Super Janet is backbone for lifelong learning
The foundation for a high-performance broadband network, that could provide the path to wider lifelong learning in the United Kingdom, was laid in London on Monday. Geoff McMullen, chief executive of...
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Hard line
A small rural college has become the first in America to require that prospective undergraduates apply only online, writes Jon Marcus. West Virginia Wesleyan College, which has about 1,650 students,...
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Feel the heat
A new online-course community hopes to do for adult learning what Amazon.com did for the book-selling business. Hotcourses.com is a free website that covers about 50,000 courses, ranging from MBAs to...
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Free classes
Barnes&Noble.com will start offering free online classes this summer, allowing people to learn about everything from astronomy to dieting. The New York-based retailer said that it was building...
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Heritage trail
Unesco's Memory of the World Programme promotes the preservation of and access to the world's documentary heritage. The second international conference for the programme will be held in Colima,...