Groups Cry Foul Over Malware Course
While it is true that the world does not need more 'malware' - malicious computer programs such as virii and worms - the world does need this course in how to write them, despite the protestations of critics described in this article. More...
Who Will Pay For Software?
Dave Winer writes a two part piece bemoaning the fact that people do not want to pay for software. (Part Two) The short items are worth reading, but ask yourself this: does everything have to be based on a user-pay model? Winer asks, "Could you run a car in the Indy 500 with no money?" Well no. More...
How Academics Want to Protect Their Open-Access Research Papers
Academics, it transpires, are mostly willing to share their work freely. They do not want people to turn around and sell it, however, and they would like to be attributed as the author. More...
The Impact of Copyright Ownership on Academic Author Self-Archiving
This is the first of three 'must read' papers based on a survey of academics regarding copyright and self-publishing (the next two are immediately below). This first paper looks at the relation between authors and publishers. More...
Computer Eliminates Teachers
It's the headline long feared in the teaching sector. Essentially, a small private school placed 11 students in a classroom with computers, effectively saving the wages of one teacher. More...
Collaboration, similar to the American model involving the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, is the only way forward for innovation in Hong Kong, said Professor Tsui Lap-chee, the academic leading a review of research and development in Hong Kong, writes Peace Chiu for the South China Morning Post. More...
The teaching and non-teaching staff from the nine public universities in Uganda last week announced a nationwide strike after failure by government to consider them for salary enhancements and payment of their arrears in the next financial year’s budget, write Damali Mukhaye and Nobert Atukunda for Daily Monitor. More...
Research universities must be given real autonomy to become innovative and responsive to change if universities are to fulfil their potential as key players in India’s future, underpinning India’s drive for growth and more jobs, writes the editorial team of IndraStra Global. More...
Institutions in the United Kingdom will be forced to publish the full details of their bosses’ pay packets to the sector’s regulator, the Office for Students, and they’ll have to justify six-figure salaries and benefits, writes Eleanor Busby for the Independent. More...
Universities have defended their stance on ‘banning’ gendered language from students and staff, saying such guidelines and policies have been in existence for decades at Australian tertiary institutions, writes Hannah Barry for WA Today. More...
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