Is it time for a third (world) way...?
Development economics has traditionally been skewed by a western focus but Chris Bunting reports on attempts to bring a fresh perspective to the issues Sustainable development does not often get a...
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Glass teeth to make your mouth water
Beadwork
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Conferences are targeted by illegal immigrant gangs
Academic conference organisers are being warned that they risk being targeted by international gangs who traffic in illegal immigrants. David Bustard, head of Ulster University's School of...
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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Dragged in from the cold
Captain Scott - Pink Ice
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January start lures new type of entrant
Thousands of students are starting higher education courses this month, avoiding the stress and rush associated with autumn enrolment. Most are mature, part-time or otherwise "non-traditional"...
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Second tongue causes strife
Students in East Timor are finding their country's second official language tough to learn because there are so few opportunities to practice. After voting for independence from Indonesia in...
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Easy links to significant others
Shamanism
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Silence of illiteracy
Hassan Bouzidi's assessment of education in Morocco is gloomy (World View, THES, May 5). He says that more than half the population and 90 per cent of rural women are illiterate. But he does not...
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Money-spinning courses for foreigners - you're speaking our language
Nick Woods reports on the English language courses that are a boon for universities' coffers and culture "Everyone speaks English anyway." That is the typical argument British people use to avoid...
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Money-spinning courses for foreigners - you're speaking our language
Nick Woods reports on the English language courses that are a boon for universities' coffers and culture "Everyone speaks English anyway." That is the typical argument British people use to avoid...
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EU Fulbright plan nets ?125m
The European Commission has decided to invest €200 million (?125 million) more in a European equivalent of the Fulbright programme. Erasmus World will open universities in the European Union to...
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Statistical myths give lie to white-paper policy
The government hasn't noticed, but access is expanding, and the case for fees is unsound, argues Tim Curtin As the period for consultation on the government's higher education white paper ends, two...
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Commission publishes action plan for achieving three per cent objective
Brussels, 30 Apr 2003 EU Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin presented on 29 April a new action plan containing a number of measures aimed at helping the EU to meet the three per cent target by...
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Spin out company founder says thank you to EU and ESA
Brussels, 18 July 2002 At the launch of a new space incubator network, ESINET, in Brussels on 17 July, Tony Anson from Brunel University in the UK outlined how funding from the EU, the European space...