Europe Catches Up on E-learning
The headline really has nothing to do with the story, which is about the creation of the eLearning Industry Group, a coalition of 15 European companies which met for the first time last week. More...
Europe Catches Up on E-learning
The headline really has nothing to do with the story, which is about the creation of the eLearning Industry Group, a coalition of 15 European companies which met for the first time last week. More...
EU Copyright Directive Finally on the Road
The EU Council of Ministers has adopted the European Copyright Directive (ECD) giving member countries until 2003 to adopt the legislation. The directive impacts on a number of previously free uses of copyright information including quoting and deep linking. More...
Create Change - Challenging the Crisis in Scholarly Communication
This website created by the University of Glasgow is intended to address the crisis in the process by which researchers publish their work and access the work of others. More...
Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property Newsletter
Just launched and still displaying its inaugural issue, this newsletter may change its name as a result of an email (posted) from Richard Stallman suggesting that "intellectual property" is "a propaganda term" (I am inclined to agree with him). More...
Today's newsletter is coming to you from the Community Connect conference in Fredericton. So far it has been all bandwidth and data networks. More...
Nineteen academics from nine African countries have been selected for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship programme aimed at providing newly graduated African doctoral students with the means to put their research and ideas into practice on home soil and raise the profile of African research. More...
The Human Resource Development Ministry has told the Lok Sabha that there was no move to increase the tuition fees at central universities "at present", writes Prakash Kumar for DH News Service. More...
Scottish universities are vulnerable to a crackdown on immigration because of their increasing reliance on fees paid by international students, according to Universities Scotland, which represents principals, writes Andrew Denholm for The Herald. More...
Higher education institutions and universities across the nation have been asked to set up student counselling centres on campuses immediately to improve the safety of students, reports the Express News Service. More...
The Egyptian parliament has approved a draft law to reduce the costs of research and promote innovation. The bill, passed on 5 March, exempts higher education and scientific research bodies from taxes and customs fees, including the 14% value-added tax on imported equipment and tools, writes Menna A Farouk for Al-Monitor. More...