Glittering prizes
Nancy Rothwell will be the 169th presenter of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures this month. Anthony King, 64, professor in the department of government at Essex University, has been invited to...
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Analysis: Arts and design put on a good RAE show
Creative subjects have started to focus on research. Caroline Davis reports. Funding chiefs have already revealed that half the staff returned in this year's research assessment exercise work in...
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What Labour has done so far
THES reporters assess the impact of Labour's first year of government on higher and further education and unravel how they have sold their policies to the country May 1 1997: Labour elected with 179-...
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Out for the count
The situation in my department following a recent meeting on the upcoming research assessment exercise, due to be completed in December 2000, is a stark one. Apparently, no funding will come forth...
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Netgazette
APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS e-Learning Foundation Ray Moore , formerly at Birmingham Local Education Authority where he was programme manager for the city's learning project, has been appointed...
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Railroaders and net buccaneers
INFORMATION RULES: a strategic guide to the network economy. By Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian. Harvard Business School Press, 362pp $29.95/Pounds 22.95 - ISBN 0 87584 863 X. This book is a must read...
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Japanese students lured to provinces
Japan's provincial towns and cities are introducing initiatives to attract new colleges and universities and to help existing ones to expand in a bid to stem the flow of young people to the big...
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Size does matter in computer future
Liverpool scientists unveil nanoscale electronic components that build themselves. The electronics industry underwent a fundamental change with the invention of the transistor, paving the way for the...
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Kingston's Pounds 1m media future
Greg Dyke, Pearson Television's chief executive, launched Kingston University's Pounds 1 million digital media centre this week with a prediction of massive growth and booming job prospects in the...
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Reflection on a future eEurope Action Plan proposed by the Spanish Presidency of the EU
Brussels, 15 February 2002 This questionnaire has been sent to the ministers of Science and Technology that will attend the informal meeting in Vitoria, Spain (22/02/2002) 15/02/2002 QUESTIONNAIRE...
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For the record
Westminster to open Uzbekistan branch The University of Westminster is to open a branch in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Courses for bachelors and masters degrees will be offered in economics, management,...
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Master of destiny
TO BRITISH-born Marc Sharpe there was a dynamism and a drive about United States businesses that he had never experienced in this country. It spurred him to save to study for an MBA at Harvard...
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Europe's chemists join forces
Europe faces a serious threat to its highly successful chemical industry and must combat it with a common research and development policy for chemistry and chemical engineering, according to a report...
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Do the big shots call the shots?
Industry giants put millions of pounds into university research, but what do they expect in return? The THES spotlights three of the big spenders. The aero-engines and industrial power systems maker...
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The world according to Gates
Why did Bill Gates, the world's richest man, take time off from building his fortune and fighting the US Justice Department to lecture to a bunch of London students? Kam Patel went to find out. A...