Electronic publication threatens journals
Kam Patel explores ambitious plans for a research journal on the internet One of the most ambitious schemes yet dreamt up to place academics worldwide at the heart of electronic communication has...
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Very useful as an archive, but peer review needs consideration
Stevan Harnad The E-biomed and Scholar's Forum initiatives are "extremely timely, important and welcome" and will speed up the development of on-line resources for scholars, according to Stevan...
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Police foil Islamic militant plot to assassinate rector
Istanbul Turkish police have foiled a plan to assassinate the rector of the Inonu University. Police arrested 24 people and seized a large amount of arms, including pump-action shot-guns, rifles and...
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After the bombs, what next for Belgrade University?
In an email interview at the outset of Nato action against Serbia, Jagos Puric, rector of Belgrade University, described the effects on his institution. After the end of the bombardment, he tells...
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THES supports University of Pristina
The 探花视频 Supplement is supporting the scheme to assist the University of Pristina with the long-term aim of its return to the Kosovar capital. Details of the campaign can be...
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Fan-plastic path to the easy life spreads to city
Cola drink manufacturers, banks and universities are sharing the profits of campus smartcard schemes, Liz Amos and Tony Bell found on a US trip We went expecting to see major developments using chip...
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Online doctorate flies in face of convention
An Australian student has been awarded what is said to be one of the world's first two PhDs for research conducted, supervised, submitted, examined, and stored all online. Simon Pockley completed his...
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I reckon my one is better than yours
As the Institute for Learning and Teaching opens, Alison Utley asks students to grade lecturers The Institute for Learning and Teaching finally opened its doors this week, beginning the long-awaited...
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The THES Diary
Gambling man Announcing Pounds 2.5 million worth of cuts recently, Liverpool John Moores University vice-chancellor Peter Toyne quipped that one way of solving the cash crisis could be to gamble...
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Lagos
Students suspected of membership of rival secret cults shot and killed an assistant registrar of Nigeria's Delta State University and his wife at their home in Abraka. Some students have been...
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Software for GPs' surgeries
John Fox is working to make sure that computers make life easier for doctors. Geoff Watts reports. You probably know the despair of seeing your computer respond to a simple command with an...
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High-flying lecturers wooed with lucrative awards
A new Pounds 1 million per year award scheme is about to be launched for outstanding lecturers Outstanding lecturers will be eligible for a share of a new Pounds 1 million scheme designed to...
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The Cambridge effect
Most of the firms in Britain's 'Silicon Valley' are Cantab creations. Kam Patel reports Cantab Pharmaceuticals, a Cambridge University spin-off established ten years ago, has emerged as the fastest...
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Sheffield in freemason pact
The freemasons have been in secret negotiations with Sheffield University to set up a multimillion-pound research centre to "promote the interests of freemasonry", The THES can reveal. The university...
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Camel trek
(Photograph) - Camel trek: Cambridge University DPhil student and Kenyan nomad Joseph Galgalo sets off from Oxford University with Jonny the Camel on a charity trek to Cambridge University. The...