Footprints in stolen sand
When you're lying on that beach in Belize congratulating yourself that as an ecotourist you're not damaging the environment and are helping the local economy, think again, says Rosaleen Duffy. When...
When you're lying on that beach in Belize congratulating yourself that as an ecotourist you're not damaging the environment and are helping the local economy, think again, says Rosaleen Duffy. When...
The Ivy League group of American universities has won a trademark dispute with a New Zealand company over the use of the term for a line of clothing. In January, Patent Office New Zealand ruled that...
Brussels, 16 December 2002 On December 17, the Commission will publish the first calls for proposals for the 6 th EU Research Framework Programme (FP6 2002-2006). Research centres, universities and...
APPOINTMENTS Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences Lawrence Freedman , professor and head of the school of social science and public policy at King's College, London, has been elected...
Wednesday Spend half a day in Blackwell's, catching up on the latest books on jihad . I wonder at how terms such as jihad , terror and Islamic fundamentalism have overtaken the serious debate on...
Brussels, 17 July 2002 How can we strengthen links between our universities to improve the quality and competitiveness of our higher education? How can higher education in the European Union be made...
Frank Kingdon Ward's Riddle of the Tsangpo Gorges
An online university was created last week by Universitas 21, the global consortium of 18 research-intensive universities, and Thomson Learning. The launch comes in the midst of a downturn in world...
An Institute of Islamic Civilisations is to be launched by the Karachi-based Aga Khan University as its first significant international initiative. The institute, which will be sited in London, aims...
A leading US school has embarked on a quest to find the holy grail of university league tables - how to measure accurately the academic impact an institution makes on its students. Columbia...
'Native' scholars used to help transmit knowledge of western science to Indians, undermining the British effort to present European learning as an example of civilisation superiority, argues Michael...
An international network of universities is preparing a series of special online courses largely geared at the Asian market. A meeting of the ten members of the Global University Alliance in...
UK universities have great brand names and are good at research but not much else, a conference heard. Alison Goddard reports Universities and colleges should play to their strengths and stop trying...
Uzbekistan has summoned home 2,000 students from Turkey alleging that conditions are not safe enough there. However, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reported an Uzbek official claiming the real reason is...
China and Historical Capitalism