Disaffection rules as Chatham House reorganises
George Joffe, whose acrimonious departure from his post as deputy director of Chatham House highlighted divisions in the foreign affairs institute, this week disclosed his blueprint for its future,...
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Selfless or selfish - if you can help, you're in
Despite most VSO volunteers working in education, there is still a shortage of primary teachers, says Mark Goldring. Much has been made in the press recently of Voluntary Service Overseas's new brand...
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Prejudice behind the pomp and baubles
Both rank and race dictated imperial order, writes John MacKenzie. Ornamentalism is a brave title. It might be construed as reflecting just surface pattern and design, the arabesques that gladden the...
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Fiji coup tensions keep v-c job empty
Even before the University of the South Pacific suspended classes because of last month's attempted coup, racist pressure had forced it to suspend the appointment of a new vice-chancellor. In the...
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Multi-storied pasts
The Archaeology of Elam
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Industrious habits of cities past
Indus Age - Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization
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World's Largest Switchboard for Climate Monitoring
Paris, 26 February 2002 Europe's showpiece in climate monitoring is called Envisat. Fully equipped, the largest, most complex, and most powerful Earth observation satellite of the European Space...
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UK faces Gulf crash
Student recruitment efforts worldwide are suffering from crises in the Middle East and Asia British universities and colleges are bracing for a new overseas recruitment crisis - in the Gulf. As vice-...
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Foreign students choose Britain
The United Kingdom has emerged as one of the world's leading recruiters of students from overseas, competing most strongly with the United States and, increasingly, Australia. The three countries...
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Cambridge ventures east
MALAYSIA is to set up a Commonwealth University near Kuala Lumpur in a joint venture with Cambridge University, writes David Jobbins. Dato Seri Mohd Najib Tun Adbul Razak, the Malaysian education...
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In Everyman's footsteps
Geneticist Luca Cavalli-Sforza says there is no scientific basis for race. Now his latest project has been attacked for bigotry. Ayala Ochert reports. US President Bill Clinton was full of praise...
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Strong case of cultural indigestion
Food and Love
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Degree unity sparks friction
The move towards a common European higher education system is happening faster than many people realise, delegates to Salamanca 2001, the Convention of European Higher Education Institutions, heard...
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Asian recruitment crash is self-inflicted
British universities rely too heavily on students from Southeast Asia. They must spread their net wider to avoid risk, says Marcel van Miert THE SLUMP in student recruitment from Southeast Asia has...