Falling fortunes of the lands of the rising sun
The Great Divergence
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Thailand to get 'western' university
British and Australian universities face a new competitor for students from the burgeoning economies of Southeast Asia. Academics and administrators from North Carolina's Duke University are helping...
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Redirect that data
Race is a political myth, argues Tukufu Zuberi, and it is time we used racial statistics to prove it The idea of a cause-and-effect relationship between race and social status emerged from...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Scientists at North Carolina State University hope to develop better protective clothing by incorporating additives in the fibre rather than as a coating. French government scientists...
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European research area puts revamp on the cards
The EU wants to use Framework to build common cause, reports Keith Nuthall A European Commission discussion paper envisages transforming the European Union's Framework research programme, using its...
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Europe to strengthen LatAm links
Many Latin American executives still look to North America for their management training needs, but signs of a shift in focus to Europe were visible at a recent conference in Barcelona. More than 200...
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Tea's good, but hold the milk
The British may always put the kettle on when faced with a crisis, yet a study suggests that our drinking habits may deprive us of tea's most beneficial properties. Scientists have found that regular...
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Rude awakenings in dreamland?
Does America Need a Foreign Policy?
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Beaten, banged up but still unbowed
Pramoedya Ananta Toer has endured prison and had his books banned. But at 75, international recognition has finally beckoned. C. W. Watson reports. Book burnings and raids on libraries have been the...
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The painful loss of white prestige
Lord Hailey, the Colonial Office and the Politics of Race and Empire in the Second World War
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Imperial armies' native nightmares
Guardians of Empire
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US schools feel the pinch
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia Jae Lee is studying international relations at Boston University. But the 20-year-old South Korean student...
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Change that shrinks a planet
World History - From Dawn to Decadence, 1500 to the Present
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No bones about a dusty old dig
Despite extreme heat, archaeologists converge every year from July to September on a dusty Turkish plain. ?atalh?yük has become one of the world's busiest archaeological sites, but size can have its...
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AUST quality defended
Whistleblowers was critical of the Asian University of Science and Technology and its association with Imperial College (THES, February 25). I am proud to have been the founding dean of engineering...