Sheffield sharp
The graduate school of computing and management services at Sheffield Hallam University has added a new partner to the career Msc programme. Last week an Msc in business intelligence was launched,...
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Irish Opac
A fully translated version of an Irish-language online public access catalogue (Opac) is providing full web search facilities in English and Irish for students at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra,...
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Direct approach
Users of the 68 pilot learndirect centres established by the University for Industry will be able to acquire and develop skills in all major Windows applications, with the addition of a tailored...
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More in store
Researchers are developing storage technology that may lead to miniature devices with 100 times the density of present hard drives. The Millipede system uses an array of minute sensor arms to read...
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Lifelong challenge
Practical challenges to higher education posed by lifelong learning political strategies are the focus of a conference hosted by the University of Bergen from May 4-6. "Death and rebirth of...
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Wider gateway
Global research gateway ingenta has launched the most comprehensive articles linkage service on the web, with about 5 million references and 20 million summaries with full text articles. The service...
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Changes to enable profit from research
Kam Patel reports on the white paper on innovation Public-sector research establishments could be handed control over their own intellectual property under proposals being considered for the...
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Mail move
The National Academic Mailing List service is to move from Mailbase at the University of Newcastle to the Central Laboratories of the Research Councils at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in...
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Time to rethink rewards offered by charmless sector
Admiral House 66-68 East Smithfield London E1W 1BX Fax 020 7782 3300 Tel 020 7782 3000 Email editor@thes.co.uk Website www.thesis.co.uk Waiting until damage is obvious means that it is much more...
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Facing the challenge of widening participation
The Action on Access team discuss the obstacles to making higher education 'a force for social justice' David Blunkett's Greenwich speech, setting out the government's view of the future direction of...
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The saddest of a very sad bunch
If it's job satisfaction, low stress and a happy home life you're after, you're in the wrong job, Michael Rose warns lecturers When we compiled a table on job satisfaction we expected university...
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ADHD's genetic root
The brains of hyperactive children are physically different from those of other infants. Compelling evidence has been gathered during the largest magnetic resonance imaging study of juvenile brains...
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Treasure trove of genome junk
Huge tracts of genetic material that have been written off as "junk" DNA may be relics of missed evolutionary revolutions. Margaret Kidwell, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the...
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People are hungry for healthy data
Mark Dyball of the Office of Science and Technology told the AAAS meeting about how the United Kingdom was raising the public's understanding of science The renaissance of science communication in...
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Just what the postdocs ordered
Invisible societies of postdoctoral researchers worldwide, most noticeably in the United States, are beginning to reveal themselves in efforts to win better working conditions. Postdocs have long...