From delivering lectures in Kabul to delivering pizzas in London, academic refugee Haroon Amirzada's woes did not end when he escaped the Taleban I was tortured for two years in a Taleban prison. The...
Brussels, 30 Mar 2005 The European Union and Japan have highlighted their common objectives in the field of climate change research, and have pledged to strengthen scientific cooperation in the near...
Virologists at Cambridge University have teamed up with scientists from the Roslin Institute to create genetically modified chickens that can resist the lethal H5N1 avian flu virus, writes Yfke van...
Brussels, 11 Mar 2005 The European Tech Investment Forum will take place in London, the UK, on 23 May. Between 40 and 50 emerging technology companies from across Europe will present themselves to a...
Damned statistics? The UK could soon be left with just 12 or so statistics departments, with dozens more condemned to serve as mere support staff for other academic fields, it was claimed this week....
Corruption in academe becomes commonplace when staff are not paid a living wage, argues Philip Altbach The Egyptian Gazette was stark in its condemnation. "University professors in Egypt have been...
A UK epidemiologist aims to forge new links with China and Vietnam to fight emerging infectious diseases Anne Johnson will travel to China and Vietnam this week as part of a Medical Research Council...
Brussels, 18 Oct 2005 European scientists are currently in Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria evaluating the avian influenza situation in these countries after the virus was detected in Turkey and Romania...
Schemes are afoot to increase the mobility of researchers and to support advanced study for those in industry, says Maunu H?yrynen Few research and development staff in industry hold PhDs even though...
The West must do much more to halt the centuries-long plunder of South Asia's priceless cultural heritage, argues Shreesh Chaudhary In the early hours of March 29, 2003, the Mithila Research...
The Institutions of the European Union. Second Edition - International Relations and the European Union. First Edition - Origins and Evolution of the European Union. First Edition
Brussels, 11 Aug 2006 Scientists and vets have traced a cancer that affects dogs around the world back to a single wolf or dog who probably lived in central Asia over 250 years ago. They found that...
What the ape can tell us about that horrific human drug trial New drugs such as the one used in the Northwick Park Hospital trial may be intrinsically unsafe for human beings because of an immune...
Physics could be in 'terminal decline' The number of pupils taking A-level physics has dropped by almost half since 1982 and more than a quarter of universities with large physics departments have...
Tony Tysome examines a plan for universities to adopt radical measures to retain international business interest. British universities must consider radical measures such as setting up call centres...