Students at the University of Sheffield have donated four tonnes of goods to city charities. As...
Why Recent Graduates Should Join Code for America
Sympathy for the dodgy salesmen of Australian politics
Babel Rising
T.C. Boyle: Incorporating Environmentalism in Art
The Stone Roses confirm all planned shows to go ahead after Ian Brown calls Reni a 'c**t' onstage
Old School: Universities Still Hotbed of Innovation

MIT president Susan Hockfield defends the traditional higher learning system's ability to cultivate and foster innovation. Ideas still come out of the "culture of collaboration" found on college campuses, says Hockfield.

Do you think universities might be past their use-by dates as centres of innovation? Are there better and cheaper ways to get the same or better results? Tell us and remember....Disqus!


blog comments powered by Disqus
 
As tuition rises, more students reconsider community college as a new alternative
3 feb  |  In a supposed meritocracy it has always seemed strange to me how difficult it is for poor but capable young people to study at university in the U.S. It seems that the gap between the haves and the have-nots is widening meaning even more people will be left by the wayside; however Shosee Jau from the Daily Bruin- UCLA's daily student newspaper- speaks to her admissions director about a different option for prospective students . . read more
A Legal Education
26 oct  |  Americans need to stop incentivizing illegal immigration. There are two ways of thinking about citizenship in the United States. One school of thought takes its motto from Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” recorded inside the Statue of Liberty: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” By Peter M. Bozzo, the Harvard Crimson  . . read more
Did You Know?
20 nov  |  Here is a video depicting the frightening brave new world we soon will all be entering. . . read more
Out with the wristwatch in with "mob-fob"
10 may  |  Out with the wristwatch in with "mob-fob" . . read more
A bright idea for wasteful office lighting
23 nov  |  Commercial office buildings are one of the main culprits of the current climate crisis. They consume large amounts of electricity and release excessive carbon emissions into the atmosphere. Adura Technologies has developed a mesh-based lighting system that is reducing costs and consumption inside buildings. The technology consists of wireless radios that plug into florescent light fixtures giving employees more control over their personal lighting space. Adura has also created a dual motion sensing-personal control system that is being used at UC Berkeley that allows students to break the hard-wired connection and control their lighting from their desktop PCs.  . . read more
Oxford Investigation: More unis set to charge £9,000 fees
19 mar  |  The coalition government in the UK claimed that the highest fees of £9,000 would only be charged in exceptional circumstances and only by the best of the country's universities - few believed them. Now Benjamin Clayton writing for Cherwell - Oxford University's student newspaper - explains why the cynicism was justified after all:  . . read more
Bill Gates: The End of Textbooks as We Know Them
8 sep  |  Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates pinpoints the problem with today's textbooks, and predicts where the future of learning lies for K-12 students. He stresses the importance of self-diagnostic tools, which he foresees as an important component of tomorrow's online, interactive texts. . . read more
Blinky™
22 mar  |  Blinky™ . . read more
Student Competitors Invent the Future at the Imagine Cup U.S. Finals
12 apr  |  More than 74,000 students in the U.S. registered for the Imagine Cup which is like the Olympics for technology. Watch some of the planet-saving ideas in software and game design . . read more
Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future
23 dec  |  Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy's future  . . read more
blogs   100words
 
"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)