Report opposed by academics
A group of 1,400 Canadian academics have put their name to a letter that urges prime minister Jean Chretien to reject a report on university commercialisation. The Canadian Association of University...
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Research top of political agenda
PM Howard puts knowledge economy centre stage in green paper. University research and research training are issues flying high on Australia's political agenda. More than a decade after the last...
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Consuming ecological passions
Journal of Industrial Ecology
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Whole of UK will be online by 2002
The government underlined its commitment to full participation in the internet economy by bringing forward its connectivity targets at an Oxford University conference last week. Richard Barrington,...
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Councils share Pounds 4m costs of research into humanb side of IT
Adventurous research collaborations between social and computing scientists are being encouraged as the Economic and Social Research Council and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council...
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Brussels welcomes eastern scientists
Researchers in Eastern European countries hoping to join the European Union are to be allowed to take part in projects funded by the EU's Fifth Framework Programme, as part of Brussels's strategy to...
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A fine measuring tool
A five-layered 'footprint' for assessing engineering research excellence may be invaluable in other sciences, writes Jennifer Gristock A new approach to research assessment was unveiled this week by...
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Some still pursue desire to teach
Your leader ("Please sir, why should anyone want to teach?" THES, October 2) stated that "too few want to be teachers", yet evidence from the post-compulsory sector would appear to contradict this....
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Employers fear role loss when TECs axed
The government's new post-16 education and training framework could undermine progress towards national learning targets, it has been claimed. Training and enterprise councils fear that the Learning...
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For the record
IT is the student's favourite A quarter of undergraduates want to work in IT or the internet - but less than 1 per cent want a career in education. When website ukplacements.com asked 10,000 students...
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Advice for the age of e-verything
Global Electronic Commerce - e-Enterprise - The Business of e-Commerce
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A three-pronged plan to take UK science and innovation to market
The white paper on science and innovation contains three main strands: enhancing the science base, innovation and knowledge transfer, and the public confidence in science. Enhancing the science base...
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On the move
Members of the Foundation Degree Design Group, which was announced by Education Secretary David Blunkett last month are: Paul Cohen, divisional manager, and Leigh Hackel, team leader, Higher...
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Institutions join bid for NHS contracts
A consortium of universities, National Health Service trusts and small businesses are poised to bid for education and training contracts in health informatics - the use of information within the...
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A reason to play to strengths
Diversity will thrive if universities are given the money to do what they are best at, argue Richard Brown and Gareth Williams The Higher Education Funding Council for England admitted in a recent...