Dublin's IT strategy pays off
A multi-million pound investment in national IT education and training by the Irish government has produced a swift, unexpected return. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is close to...
A multi-million pound investment in national IT education and training by the Irish government has produced a swift, unexpected return. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is close to...

Top Australian university to boost collaboration with India and Indonesia as China concerns wrack sector

Despite bold ambitions, Incheon Global Campus has been largely shunned by international universities and ignored by politicians – could the next decade see its revival?

Results of Sir David Behan’s report set to shape future direction of regulator under Labour

Almost half of institutions say insufficient funding is biggest obstacle to better teaching and learning

The brain drain from academia to industry is just one of the glitches that need addressing, says?Greg Slabaugh
The education business may soon offer commercial opportunities that dwarf those of the entertainment industry, Sir David Puttnam believes. Multimedia producers in the United Kingdom have in their...

Efforts to accrue more overseas fees could be vetoed by the Home Office and will do little to make UK students more culturally savvy, warns Peter Brady?
In its cover story on "Intellectual Capital" on October 3 last year, Fortune magazine argued that a major challenge facing corporations is how to figure out the worth of their collective knowledge...
Increased precision, good science and technical rigour are essential to risk-based decision-making. But by themselves they are not enough. People's values can dominate their feelings about a level of...

Years of tight funding settlements, exacerbated by high inflation and recent research cuts, have left New Zealand’s higher education and research sectors in a parlous state. Will the comprehensive...

Former city MP suggests Nuclear AMRC should be removed from university control as job cuts loom

Landmark partnership between two leading colleges will see students able to obtain arts degrees under umbrella body

Heavy hitters joining key higher education ministries raises hopes that new government can get to grips with issues?quickly
Can Darwinism be applied to technological innovation? John Ziman examines the analogy between biological and cultural evolution. Go to a technology museum, and look at the bicycles. Then go to a...