Webwise build from bottom up
Small, focused efforts will deliver success in net-based learning, says Roger Waterhouse Everyone knows of the huge potential for e-learning. In a short space of time, the internet could...
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It's for life, not work
Contrary to what the head of Ofsted says, the value of a degree extends far beyond mere utility, argues Alannah Tomkins To paraphrase the words of an educational commentator: the education of the...
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Readers' reactions
Last week in The THES..Gillian Evans argued that vice-chancellors should avoid personal commercial involvements. Andrew M. Colman Professor of psychology University of Leicester Vodafone's gift of...
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Cutting Edge: Rainer Kind and Stephan V. Sobolev
What causes the giant Hawaiian volcanoes? Scientists have devised a way of finding out. The Hawaiian volcanoes are higher than Mount Everest when measured from the bottom of the ocean. What creates...
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Health fails to bring in cheque
London has a valuable patient base, so why isn't the capital profiting from medical research funding? Martin Ince asks. It ought to be a dream match. Britain's biggest group of medical researchers...
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Make a killing on property
The government hopes that new guidelines will increase the exploitation of intellectual property rights by public research bodies - Philip Atkinson explains. As part of its new approach to publicly...
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Did virus kill off mammoth?
Evidence of the first viral infection identified in an extinct animal has been recovered from the remains of three woolly mammoths. The discovery marks the start of an attempt to solve one of the...
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Coffee boosts pill benefits
Washing down an ibuprofen tablet with coffee can boost the analgesic action of the painkiller, a study has found. The combined effect emerged during a study involving 301 tension-type headache...
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Robotised geostar shines light on Mediterranean seabed
Scientists from Italy, France and Germany have lowered a robotised research station, weighing 1.5 tonnes to one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean. At 3,500m below the surface, this is almost...
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Italian lava's deep secret
Etna and the other live volcanoes of Italy have been studied for a long time. Now scientists are finding out about their undersea neighbours and submerging equipment in the deep sea to study their...
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Star Turn: Oliver Double
Mandy Garner enjoys a game of bingo in a Kent lecture theatre as a teaser to learning about working-men's club comedy Stand-up comedians have arrived. Just a few years ago, they were deeply uncool;...
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Copyright licencers say fees are too low
Universities should pay six times more for their copyright licences than they do, according to the Copyright Licensing Authority. In response to accusations of overcharging from the Committee of Vice...
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QAA told to rethink its award rankings
The Quality Assurance Agency has been forced to take its blueprint for a national qualifications framework back to the drawing board after overwhelming protests. A chorus of disapproval has persuaded...
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The not so odd couple
Poor career guidance and isolation are issues for many women working in science, technology and engineering. Mixed-sex mentoring may be a solution, as Sharon Ann Holgate finds out. "It was a...
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Agony aunt
Howard G. Allen Emeritus professor of structural engineering University of Southampton A : Students want to perform well but worry about what is expected of them. Most welcome useful advice. But for...