Consumption's potent political purchase
Cultural studies is fighting for its survival in a harsh research marketplace, says Richard Maxwell, while Mica Nava argues that shopping is all part of politics Until the late 1980s, consumption was...
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E-college may face delays
A row over which business model to pursue for the e-university threatens to delay its establishment, which is scheduled for early next year, writes Alison Goddard. A meeting of the steering group...
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Battling British: Boudicca et al
The Oxford Companion to Military History - Warrior Race
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ESA/EC to 'boost' space-related entrepreneurs
Paris, 13 Sep 2002 European entrepreneurs using space technology and systems now have a better chance of starting up in business thanks to the European Space Incubators Network (ESINET), launched...
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Scrolla set to boost ICT study
Three universities have joined together to set up the Scottish Centre for Research into On-Line Learning (Scrolla), whose aims include strengthening links between online teaching researchers and the...
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Philippe Busquin: Investir dans la recherche: un plan d'action pour l'Europe, Conf谷rence de presse 角 l'occasion de la pr谷sentation de la Communication "Investir dans la Recherche: un Plan d'Action pou
Bruxelles, 29 avril 2003 Rappel de l'objectif fix谷 par le Conseil europ谷en de Barcelone: 3% du PIB en 2010 au lieu de 1,9% aujourd'hui 2/3 financ谷 par le secteur priv谷. Cet objectif ne concerne pas...
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Bafta heralds UK as online Hollywood
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has added a new category in its annual awards, aiming to create a "beacon of excellence" for online learning. Bafta believes the UK can become the...
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Our world not beyond repair
51勛圖isation and its Discontents
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Check emails, fix up meeting with councillors, buy Kit Kat
Just what do vice-chancellors do all day? Harriet Swain joins Michael Brown of Liverpool John Moores University to find out, in the first in a series on the working lives of people in higher...
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Worn tyres are set for profitable rerun
A Leeds academic has developed a new method of tyre disposal that could add millions of pounds in value to the rubber mountains dotted across the globe. Paul Williams, senior lecturer in the...
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Busquin warns that action is needed to address the 'European paradox'
Brussels, 20 February 2002 Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for moves to counteract what he describes as the 'reversal of the European paradox,' the phenomenon of Europe's failure to...
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Prior information notice on services, commerce, tourism, e-business and IDA
Brussels, 13 March 2002 The European Commission's Enterprise DG has issued a prior information notice for calls for tenders for services, commerce, tourism, e-business and IDA (interchange of data...
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From Darwin to Internet at the speed of light
Paris, 26 Nov 2002 Internet traffic jams may become history if ESA succeeds in developing new technology to see nearby Earth-sized planets. Why? In looking for new ways to detect planets ESA is...
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Iberian spin-offs start to spring up
Spin-off companies are starting to appear in Spain and Portugal after link-ups between industry and universities. Chemical and pharmaceutical group Solvay is involved in two new spin-offs in the...
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Colleges told shape of things to come
The shape of further education in the next century was outlined in a national implementation plan released by the Further Education Funding Council this week. Networking Lifelong Learning: Making It...