A team from the University of Southampton has been awarded a prestigious place at the fourth World Wide Web Conference in Boston next month, writes Tim Greenhalgh . Leslie Carr, David De Roure, Wendy...
Education institutions could end up paying twice for the use of copyright material if the European Union succeeds in imposing a levy on blank tapes. The EU's Directorate General XV, responsible for...
Until the information superhighway is constructed, motorcycle couriers will weave through the city streets with cargoes of Photo CDs and SyQuest cartridges. Unless, that is, the media industry finds...
Portsmouth University's Frewen Library has installed a structured cabling system which makes it easier to move phones and computers around the building. 500 socket outlets are cabled to a wiring...
The first training materials for the new NVQs in using information technology have been in such demand that a reprint was ordered before the first pack even hit the shelf. The IT in Context package...
In its first year, about 70 students around the world completed Birkbeck College's pioneering undergraduate-level course on principles of protein structure, delivered over the Internet. The course...
In his inaugural lecture as professor of philosophy of science and mathematics at Kings College London, Donald Gillies will pose the question: could computers become superior to humans? The lecture...
A giant directory of educational, career and voluntary work opportunities for young people has been launched on the Internet by television news presenter Martyn Lewis, with the support of the Prince...
Simon Price and Jason Probert describe the way Bristol computer buffs play detective to find software defects. Over the past few years there has been an explosion in the number of computer assisted...
As TLTP products begin to move into the marketplace, Michael Smith and Nigel Sternberg warn of the need for licences. The work done under the first stage of the Higher Education Funding Council for...
Software engineering research, its critics claim, is poorly validated and ultimately of little use to anyone. Darrel Ince assesses the evidence. I am external examiner for the computing department at...
Why berate publishing on the Internet for not mimicking traditional methods, asks Fred Nash, when it can offer so many unforeseen advantages? Publication on the Internet is characterised by a...
Israeli universities have installed a powerful and multilingual national online cataloging system, reports Helena Flusfeder. Since the 1980s Israel's universities have shared a library automation...
Roy Ascott argues that the time is ripe for a revolutionary art gallery on the terrain of the twisted pair. You may never have navigated the Internet, visited a Web site or immersed yourself in...
Paul Guilfoyle and Stephanie Marshall on skills transfers between further and higher education. Moves towards collaboration and partnership in higher education can bring unforeseen benefits for both...