China underwhelmed by golden bridge to net
China has integrated its government online service China Golden Bridge Network (CGBN) with the Internet, enabling users to communicate with the rest of the world. But while intellectuals in...
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Corrie and chips make a meal for researcher
Television viewers who enjoy discussing their favourite show on the Internet can offer a unique audience study, says a Canadian communications graduate. Elizabeth Adams has written a thesis on the...
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New spins on the web
HELPING to judge the 1997 UCISA Web Awards was an eye opener. I thought I knew fairly well what British academics are doing on the web. But impressive new sites had appeared. Familiar ones had grown...
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Welsh wizardry keeps chemists in touch
community pharmacists in Wales, and potentially anywhere in the world, will soon be able to keep in touch with the latest pharmaceutical advances using a handheld computer. The pioneering educational...
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Digital print and the pursuit of a perfect image
Guillem Ramos-Poqu! answers theorists who decry the use of computers as creative tools while ignoring the cultural crisis which threatens fine art. Digital art has now been established...
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Burn out warning at rebirth of the cool
In two years teaching science on the web, John Venables has watched students, and some faculty, conquer a difficult learning curve. Now, he says, it is time to ask how well those fancy web sites meet...
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The business world goes shopping
... but what it finds on the campus research web sites may often look like a limp lettuce. Paula Gomes and Janet Vaux report on moves to make innovative science and technology more compelling....
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Collaboration strategies take edge off high IT anxieties
Christina Preston reports on IT alliances between traditional teacher training institutions and schools. Information technology in education is on the electoral agenda. In January 1996 Gillian...
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Database solution controls global qualifications explosion
Job applicants and would-be students arrive waving certificates and trailing letters after their names. Employers and admissions tutors want to know what they are getting. Students want to be sure...
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Bleeding-edge web journal with wires attached
World Wide Web Journal Edited by Rohit Khare O'Reilly and Associates Published four times a year US $75.00; Canada and Mexico $81.00; Europe, Africa, Central and South America $105.00; Asia,...
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Farewell to the rule of thumb
Forget school league tables. A US-developed expert system will give a fuller picture of school performance says Carol Nahra. Researchers at the University of Maryland are developing an innovative...
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Slim platter with a WAD of information
World Academic Database Macmillan, +44 171 881 80; macdir@ macmillan.co.uk, in association with the International Association of Universities Pounds 225 +VAT ISBN 0333 664442 Dual use DOS/ Windows CD...
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Mind stretch
Imagined Worlds
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Optic verve
Chim - Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Artless Art
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Pioneer sailing on the crest of a wave-particle
The Life and Legacy of G. I. Taylor