Brussels, 26 Jul 2005 The EUREKA project 'Logchain Translog Safety' has developed a satellite-based system for monitoring the transportation of hazardous rail freight between Europe and Asia....
Mark Levene says academics who care about the planet will have to start thinking hard not just about how they travel but whether they travel at all... The lady at the university travel agency laughed...
The Business of Empire
Paul Webley is keen to put local links on to Soas's international agenda when he becomes its principal Paul Webley, deputy vice-chancellor of Exeter University, will take over as principal of the...
Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law
In a radical break with its 150-year-old traditions, the University of Melbourne is to be the first in Australia to adopt the model set out in the Bologna Declaration. Instead of the focus on...
Environmentality
Asian rival in London is latest wake-up call for UK about harsh realities of globalisation, writes Tony Tysome More academic jobs in the UK should go to overseas candidates to ensure that British...
How city birds adapt to life in the fast lane Sing high, sing fast. This is what songbirds have to do to survive in the din of city life, a study has found. Songbirds living in forests sing more...
The Discovery of Ancient India
Cambridge University has netted ?283,000 towards a project that aims to post on the web all the writings - published and unpublished - of Charles Darwin. John van Wyhe, project director, said the...
The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume Eight, World Christianities c.1815-c.1914 - Volume Nine World Christianities c.1914-c.2000
A new report shows that US students' knowledge of other nations is "weak and increasingly dangerous" and urges more international educational and foreign-language requirements in lower grades and in...
Negotiate the minefield of local customs and you can gain personal and professional benefits from teaching abroad, finds Anthea Lipsett. When Diana Leonard signed up to teach at Fatima Jinnah Women...
Female students outnumber men across the board Female university students now outnumber men across all subject areas, from engineering to medicine and law to physical sciences. New figures from...