Alan Ryan
When you run a great research university, you also run risks - as Harvard University has found to its cost. Elite but cash-strapped universities such as Oxford, Cambridge, University College London...
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U.S. Official Previews Global Earth Observation Meeting
Washington, 04 Feb 2005 Brigadier General Jack J. Kelly, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere MR. BRAZIER: Ladies and gentlemen, we're happy at the Foreign Press Center...
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A look at the world through western eyes
The New Penguin History of the World
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Australia rakes in foreign cash
More than 200,000 foreign students are expected to enrol in Australian education institutions this year, boosting the economy by A$4.12 billion (£1.5 billion). Onshore university campuses are likely...
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Mind the Gats, and keep doors open to everyone
Equity and quality are the buzzwords for countries hoping to profit from overseas students, says Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin Higher education is a major export industry. International student mobility...
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World Education Market 2003
"Advancing the Millennium of Learning" is the theme of this year's WEM conference and exhibition (Lisbon, Portugal: May 20-23, 2003), of which The THES is a media partner. Now in its fourth year, WEM...
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Accelerated circumpolar climate change has global impact, says international scientific assessment
Brussels, 12 Oct 2004 The arctic climate is changing rapidly - more rapidly than the global average - with worldwide implications, an international gathering of science journalists was told on 5...
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Do not poach talent from devastated territory
Coaxing the brightest young people away from Sri Lanka, as some rich countries do, will prolong the nightmare left by the Indian Ocean tsunami, says David Weatherall Early on the morning of February...
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One more weapon that Bush won't find
Infidels - Crescent and Cross - Sowing the Wind - Islam Under Siege
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One more weapon that Bush won't find
Infidels - Crescent and Cross - Sowing the Wind - Islam Under Siege
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Visitors welcome, but not proposals
A Society without Fathers or Husbands
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Space technology races round Le Mans
Paris, 11 Jun 2004 Spaceflight engineers face three constant challenges: reducing weight and size, improving thermal insulation and increasing reliability. Progress in these fields does not just...
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The world stops with Europe
Vinita Damodaran and Richard Grove detect a worrying move towards Eurocentrism When visitors walk into the London headquarters of the British Academy the first thing they see is a fine bust of...
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The world stops with Europe
Vinita Damodaran and Richard Grove detect a worrying move towards Eurocentrism When visitors walk into the London headquarters of the British Academy the first thing they see is a fine bust of...
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From the outside looking in
India Abroad