Online Africa gets study boost
The headquarters of the African Virtual University will move from Washington to Nairobi this year to facilitate coordination of its different sites across sub-Saharan Africa. George Eshiwani, AVU...
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Global optical networks
(Photograph) - Researchers at the University of Southampton are using European funding to developways of doubling bandwidth in next-generation global optical networks. Beth Taylor, Bill Brocklesby...
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Science must be sure to secure its share of windfall
Universities are just one of the groups taking an acute interest in the Pounds 20 billion-plus windfall that chancellor Gordon Brown is about to receive by auctioning spectrum space for new-...
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A mid-term rebuke will not provoke big change
Monday marks three years of new Labour in power, and next week's local government elections in London and nationally look likely to deliver the traditional mid-term rebuke to the government. But as...
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Refugee academics deserve your support
The new Asylum and Immigration Act threatens the livelihoods of displaced academics, says John Akker Imagine the implications for knowledge if Karl Popper or Max Perutz had been held in detention or...
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Sources for research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk Compiled by Sarah Knowles. A more comprehensive version of this service is...
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Cash to aid poor students
Mature students and young students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be promised bursaries before they enrol in higher education, the new student support arrangements reveal. Universities will be...
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Plans could hit lecturers' job security
Lecturers may face increased compulsory redundancies if the government introduces early retirement reforms. Lecturers' union Natfhe said a proposal to raise the early retirement threshold from 50 to...
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Spanish campuses in dispute over language
Two Spanish universities are enmeshed in conflicts over sensitive language issues with strong political overtones. A lecturer at Tarragona's Rovira i Virgili University was suspended for handing out...
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On show: this portrait of Lord Dearing
(Photograph) - On show: this portrait of Lord Dearing, in his robes as vice-chancellor of Nottingham University, by Jane Bond, is included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition that...
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A guide for disoriented tipplers
Confused about which malt whisky to buy? A St Andrews University researcher has produced a set of guidelines to help palates become more discerning. David Wishart of St Andrews's department of...
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Asian bees fly fastest
It is a one-sided aerial battle that the Europeans are doomed to lose. Aerodynamic analysis of 25 honey-bee subspecies has revealed that those native to Europe are the worst fliers in the apian world...
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How to make stronger beer
PhD student Garry Smith is set to be the toast of student unions across the land, with research into brewing yeast that could produce stronger beer, writes Olga Wojtas. Mr Smith, of the University of...
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Killer knowledge
John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems, believes that the knowledge market is the next killer internet application. "Education over the internet is going to be so big," he said. He and other...
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Market ready
A proposal for virtual testing of websites has won a Pounds 1,000 prize for best internet business plan. Students on the digital business course at University College London were challenged to...