MAN gives lift to lifelong learning efforts
Higher education IT staff and systems are underpinning moves to offer lifelong learning across the United Kingdom, a leading specialist has said. Jean Sykes, librarian and director of information...
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'Geniuses' to provide free web lectures
Free Ivy League-quality education could soon be on offer to "everyone, everywhere, forever" if plans by high-tech billionaire Michael Saylor materialise. Mr Saylor last week announced a "down payment...
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Future figures
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants has hailed the dawn of a new age for computer-based training in the accountancy profession with a revised foundation-level syllabus available through...
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Lifelong link
Students at Salford University can now register and pay for short courses and modules online, in an attempt to meet the demands of lifelong learners. Credit-card payments made on the internet will be...
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Scene stealers
Researchers at the University of Surrey are putting human intelligence back into robots operating in hazardous environments such as battlefields or sewers. The "augmented reality" research by the...
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Rights stuff
The Intellectual Property Rights Helpdesk is a European Commission project to support and raise awareness of intellectual property rights for small and medium-sized businesses and the research...
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Social club
The Social Science Information Gateway has relaunched its service, offering a new web interface and more personalised facilities. Sosig now offers an internet catalogue providing access to thousands...
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New strata
The Geological Society's three journals are now available free online through Bath-based ingenta information service. The Journal of the Geological Society, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology...
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Ipoh
Malaysia is calling for more private medical colleges to be set up to help solve the shortage of qualified personnel. There are four private medical colleges in Malaysia, and ministry secretary-...
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Tall order
(Photograph) - Oxford University's team for tomorrow's Boat Race are the tallest on record at an average 6ft 4 inches. The Olympic Games mean there will be more newcomers this year because of...
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Blair sticks to decision to site X-ray at RAL
Tony Blair was this week resisting pressure from Northwest MPs to reverse his decision to locate the Pounds 550 million synchrotron project at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxford rather than at...
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A-level student elected to university union
An A-level student has been voted in as a sabbatical officer at Leeds Metropolitan University's student union. Susie Rivett, 19, currently at Harrogate College, is the first A-level and FE student in...
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Scottish contracts strikes end after talks
The Educational Institute of Scotland this week suspended its strike action in Scotland's new university sector following an agreement to hold talks with management through the auspices of the...
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IT training to help raise student wage potential
The National Union of Students has linked up with Manpower plc to provide free information technology training for students in an attempt to increase their earning power. Manpower is to send out a...
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New King's building 'the biggest in London'
King's College London's new Pounds 50 million Franklin-Wilkins building will house 4,500 students, almost as many as the University of St Andrews, according to principal Arthur Lucas, who claims that...