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Features Thefacebook.com, an online student directory. Popularity of the Web site in the United States; Comments of journalism student, Stuart Mackenzie on features of the Web site; Estimated number of Web site users in Great Britain.

Shares the experience of a British immigrant with Asian roots working on Moving Here, a free Web site containing the history of immigrants in Great Britain. Contents of the Web site including ships, passenger lists, central government files and audio recordings of interviews; Lessons on the evolution of archives into materials that can be accessed electronically; Sources of materials.

Evaluates Web sites on British science and technology specifically geared to business world. Schemes to disseminate science and technology on the Internet; Absence of information that companies can use; Specific sites.

Evaluates how well science Web sites meet the educational needs of British graduate and undergraduate students. Continuously available resource; Advantages; Drawbacks; Issues.

Reports on the British Department of Trade and Industry's refusal to endorse the recommendation that all research be made available to everyone online.

Reports on the plan of the National Union of Students in Great Britain to launch a Web site on August 2004.

Reports on the appeal made by the Association of University Teachers for the prosecution of parties responsible for the creation of a web site that encourage attacks on trade unions and anti-racism campaigns. Provision of names of university personnel labeled as Marxists and communists.

Reports on the research conducted by the British Sociological Association regarding the emergence of computer network-based forums aimed at provoking argumentation. Existence of network forums in specialized communities; Regularity in the occurrence of conflicts.

Analyzes the implications of the copyright tribunal judgment over the case between Universities UK and the Great Britain Copyright Licensing Agency. Gain for academic institutions; Displacement of photocopying by electronic copying; Discussion over the access of universities to textbooks and top journals.

Reports that the Great Britain Universities and Colleges Admissions Service is preparing to launch a careers web site designed to get school pupils thinking earlier about higher education. Backing from the Department for Education and Skills.

Reveals that more than 20,000 scientists have signed a demand that journal publishers in Great Britain grant them free online access to research papers. Public Library of Science's advocacy of an online public library for research in medicine and the life sciences; Expected enhancement of scientific productivity through the integration of disparate research communities.

Reports on the launch of a Web site that offers to match students with sources of bursaries and grants in Great Britain.

Reports on the Tate's development of an alternative Web site with digital art collective Mongrel, to critique the Tate from the inside. Aim of the Mongrel Tate project in Great Britain; Resources available on the Mongreal Tate; Artist Graham Harwood's work for the Tate. INSET: Graham Harwood on the Mongrel Tate..

Presents news briefs related to high education in Great Britain, as of September 22, 2000. British senior officials' response to the Scottish Qualifications Authority's examination debacle; Popular courses and universities for online clearing searching.

Reports that Great Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced the launching of several online centers that will allow people from disadvantaged communities to access online educational courses.

Reports that the British Council has launched an educational Web site designed to enable learners to practice the English language.

Discusses the failure of the United Kingdom government's policies aimed at widening access to education through technology. Reinforcements of the digital divide as routes to information and opportunities in higher education; Need for the use of complementary information technologies; How the students view the electronic marketing of universities and colleges.

Reports that SHL is offering free online psychometric tests for graduates preparing for the trials of recruitment in Great Britain for the summer of 2000. Comments from Roy Davis of SHL; Benefits of students from the SHL Web site; Examples of the psychometric tests.

Reports on the plans of higher education information technology staff and systems to offer learning across Great Britain through computer metropolitan area networks (MAN). Schedule of the launch of the London, England MAN; Work of universities with libraries and archives; Remarks from Jean Sykes, librarian and director of information services at the London School of Economics.

Covers information on education-related news briefs in Great Britain as of November 1999. Availability of Hackney, England's local environment online; Impact of the multimedia-based training on workers; Appointment of Cliff Allan, head of the teaching and learning group at the Higher Education Funding Council for England, as program director of the Learning and Teaching Support Network.

Reports that the geological record of Great Britain is to be digitized and put online as the British Geological Survey undergoes a reorganization. Concerns of its earth scientists to the computerization; Effect of the innovation to the employment status of its geologists.

Reports a view on the impact of online higher education providers to traditional universities in Great Britain. Source of the view; Views of some professors.

Provides information on the Web site projects about classic literature of Tufts University Professor Gregory Crane in Great Britain. Description of the projects; Problems of coding the text; Discussion on hypertext.

Presents update on higher education in Great Britain as of July 23, 1999. Views of Roger Ward, former head of the Association of Colleges, on his cafe-restaurant; Highlights of the Association of University Teachers/National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education conference; Information on the Web site of the `University of Bum on Seats.'

Presents education-related news briefs in Great Britain in May 1999. Flat-fee agreement signed by London Business School with Dow Jones Interactive; Advantages of using the Internet in choosing universities and courses; Internet site launched by the Penguin Group for literary classics.

Reports on the launching of an on-line depository on knowledge gained through the British government's Technology Foresight project. Comments from the Department of Trade and Industry regarding the Foresight knowledge pool; Its effect on the government's key objectives; Features of the project.

Reports on the use of virtual systems by educational institutions in Great Britain. Features of cyberculture; Introduction of virtual schools; Benefits from virtual institutions.

Presents news briefs related to information technology in education in Great Britain as of January 1999. Negotiations by the Combined Higher Education Software Team, the National Passport for Learning for the Lotus Smartsuite and eSuite software of IBM; Details on the Silicon Graphics T3E-1200E computer; Appointment of Alan Stevens as head of the group which is part of the National Skills Taskforce.

Estimates the cost of the creation of a national digital network in Great Britain that will connect all public libraries to the information superhighway. Information on the report released by the Library and Information Commission; Details on the report.

Focuses on the Imagination/Universities Network Pilot project, an experiment with online moving picture delivery in United Kingdom higher education. Partners in the project; Universities selected to work on the project; Installation of servers at the sites of the universities selected for the project; Materials used in the project; Encoding of content; Implication of the project.

Reports that the decision to have curriculum vitae of students stored on electronic databases was not well accepted by education administrators and civil liberties campaigners in Great Britain. Reason for the response by administrators and campaigners; Design of the scheme; Comments from Tony Higgins, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, who drafted the plan; Information on the privacy issues involved.

Reports on the participation of 90 senior representatives of Local Education Authorities (LEAs) across Great Britain in the first CampusConnect National Conference in October 1997. Features of the online service CampusConnect; Contact information.

Focuses on the use of the Internet by British university libraries to purchase books. Discounts offered by vendors selling books over the Internet; Problems of libraries in ordering books through the Internet.

Reports on England-based Weston College's setting up of its cybercafe in collaboration with IBM Corp. and Great Britain's Department for Education and Employment.

Describes the author's experiences judging the higher education Web sites developed by British academics. Downside; Favorite site; Tutorial on the anatomy of the knee; Award-winning sites include the Principles of Protein Structure course and the M25 guide to higher education libraries in London, England.

Reports that an Internet service developed by Peter Quinn is selling fake British university degree certificates for 70 pounds each. Police investigation of the service and search for Quinn; Doubts about the illegality of the service.

Focuses on `Ariadne,' an online magazine for librarians in Great Britain. Publishers of the magazine; Importance of the magazine in the light of the impact of Internet on the field of research; Librarians' response to the periodical; Advantages of electronic publications.