Bright sparks blaze a trail
Winning has set many students firmly on the road to professional and financial success Have competitors in past Imagine Cups set the world alight? Andrew Grieve of Aberdeen University was part of the...
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Thanks for the (high-tech) memory
A team of students from the Polytechnic of Turin beat off competition from 65,000 other hopefuls from 100 countries to win the $25,000 (£13,122) prize for devising a way to allow doctors to build a...
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All power to the anoraks
Scratch that geeky image and underneath you'll find that computer scientists are in fact creative, outgoing and often rich individuals, Becky Octar reveals In the late 1980s, an ambitious maths...
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Case study: Games students play
As paradoxes go, the concept of artificial intelligence must be one of the most unsettling for its sheer brilliance and potential. In theory, AI involves scientists trying to program a computer to...
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Case study: work is best if it is fun
The UK gaming industry has always punched above its weight, but recently its lead in this field has been surpassed by software developers based in France, the US, Canada and Japan. John Sear,...
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Case study: reaching out for the stars
Computer studies at Queen Mary, University of London, has received an 85 per cent rise in the number of applicants over the past year, contrasting starkly with a countrywide fall. Much of the credit...
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The pen is mightier...
With the backing of Microsoft, researchers at Brown are returning to their inventive roots to fulfil the potential of stylus computing, Stephen Phillips discovers Pen computing's reputation as the...
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Switched-on support
The HEA's information and computer sciences subject centre is a vital resource, Sylvia Alexander claims The Higher Education Academy helps institutions, discipline groups and staff to provide the...
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Thrills and skills
In the commercial programming world, small is becoming beautiful. Ray Auchterlounie outlines what businesses look for in graduate recruits The graduates of today - and tomorrow - who are seeking...
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Passion for play
Students can be kept interested through exposure to the latest tools and technologies, as David Grey explains Students are aware of many of the latest trends in technology and quickly spot when the...
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Sir Harry returns to UK - and to Sussex
Nobel prizewinning chemist Sir Harry Kroto has been lured back to Britain from the US to work in a chemistry department that narrowly escaped the axe this year, The Times Higher can exclusively...
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Bonus culture sweeps sector
77% of universities introduce performance-related pay and sanctions for underachievers. Phil Baty reports. Corporate-style cash bonuses for top-performing academics and sanctions against...
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'I'm interested in ensuring staff get recognition for teaching skills'
Janet Beer, the new Oxford Brookes vice-chancellor, has a strong record in continuing professional development. Janet Beer, named this week as the next vice-chancellor of Oxford Brookes University,...
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On the move...
* Anton Muscatelli , professor of political economy and vice-principal of Glasgow University, has been named principal of Heriot-Watt University. * Oxford University has appointed: Ian Goldin ,...
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Honeymoon is over for UCU
A very public row has erupted at the merged academic union as one joint head attacks the other, suggesting that this year's pay dispute was mishandled. Phil Baty reports. Open warfare has broken out...