The challenges of change
As China strives to build links with the West, itsscholars disagree over whether change is always for the best. Tom Mcgrenery reports With China now the place for Western universities to set up base...
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OECD: Colleges cash in on overseas students
David Jobbins looks at the UK's rise to the top of the OECD degree league The overseas student market is big business for universities across the OECD. In 1998 alone, it accounted for up to $30...
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Researchers pinpoint stronger link between climate change and cholera epidemics
Brussels, 17 Sep 2002 A team of Spanish, US and Bangladeshi researchers have shown that the relationship between climatic variation on cholera epidemics has become stronger over the past few years....
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Australian firm is first to buy a Chinese university
An Australian information technology company has become the first foreign investor to buy a university in China and incorporate the institution into its operations. Perth-based Amnet Limited bought...
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Asian insider's eye on a split-level society
Indonesian Destinies
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Commissioner Viviane Reding: Pay-as-you-use Computing Power for All – Europe and the Key Role of Grid Technology, European Grid Technology Day - 'Building a European Research Area for Grids and a Comp
Brussels, 31 May 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here today to share with you my views on the steps that need to be taken to stimulate a European Research Area for Grid...
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IAA's vision for the next steps in exploring deep space
Paris, 13 Jul 2004 The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study, 'The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space', a vision for the scientific exploration of...
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Shipwrecks and old golf clubs in a sea of information
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
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Shipwrecks and old golf clubs in a sea of information
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
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Bid to train third world online gets A$200m
The Australian government has committed A$200 million (£73 million) to a World Bank plan to offer education and skills training to developing countries via the internet. The scheme was launched by...
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Project to document plant resources of tropical Africa
Brussels, 04 Oct 2002 An ambitious new project has been launched by African and European researchers to review and document existing knowledge on around 7,000 species of tropical plants. The PROTA...
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Old age and new identities
Age, Narrative and Migration
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European partners help create Pakistan's Virtual University
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Academic institutions in the UK and Denmark are collaborating with Pakistani counterparts under the ASIA IT&C scheme to help create the Pakistan Virtual University (...
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Soeurs still to see true liberté and égalité
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women