Irish protests force climbdown
Irish education minister Niamh Bhreathnach has promised to amend her controversial universities bill following protests from academics and politicians that it compromised autonomy. The bill, about to...
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V-cs eye food institute for private takeover
The Government's drive to privatise 40 public sector research laboratories could lead to a university takeover of the Institute of Food Research. The institute is allied to the Biotechnology and...
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Dons veto business school
Dons at Oxford have rejected plans by the university management to establish a major business school on a greenfield site in the centre of the city. The vote on Tuesday afternoon went 259 to 214...
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Hefce wants more power
Central control over the higher education sector should be greater, say funding council chiefs. They want more power to steer universities, higher education colleges and further education colleges...
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Second 'Internet' planned
Fifty research universities in the United States plan to spend as much as $200 million in the next five years to bypass the go-slow Internet. The system, dubbed Internet II, is expected to be more...
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Internet provider U-Net
Internet provider U-Net is advertising in student newspapers to wake up students to its offer of access to the Janet academic network from any telephone socket. The dial-up service was launched last...
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Networked centres add depth to art
Art and design faculties nationwide are being encouraged to improve their skills in three-dimensional computer modelling. Resource centres in "networked virtual reality" have been established at...
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EU seeks web law views
The European Commission has issued a green paper on child pornography and a document on illegal content on the Internet, both accessible from the What's New page at www2.echo.lu. The consultation...
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Schools project drops connection to Janet
Project Connect, an industry-backed scheme for getting schools online, has abandoned the idea of connecting schools to the Internet through the Janet higher education network. It is wooing cable...
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Sea U, see me ready to launch
Seafarers in the remotest locations could soon be using the Internet to keep in touch with friends, family and a wealth of educational opportunities. Technology developed at the University of Wales...
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Authors lose Pounds in copy scam
COPYRIGHTED coursework prepared for London University's School of Oriental and African Studies has been photo-copied in a scam which the Copyright Licensing Agency claims may have cheated academic...
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V-cs attack teacher training changes
Vice chancellors and principals are challenging the Government's bid to dictate the content of teacher training courses and to re-inspect university and college education departments. They are...
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NUS plans a five-pronged submission
THE National Union of Students is planning to formulate a five-point submission to Dearing, writes Alan Thomson. * NUS consultations with student unions have shown a demand for greater integration of...
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No elite pleads Natfhe
There must be no new divide between an elite group of institutions and the rest, lecturers' union Natfhe has told the Dearing inquiry, writes Harriet Swain. Financial hardship has fuelled calls from...
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Parting gift
Parting gift: London Guildhall lecturer David Lane is one of six academics made compulsorily redundant as part of the university's recovery plan. Mathematician Dr Lane was joined on the picket line...