A very peculiar business
Universities are too diverse to be run by profit-seeking chief execs. They need more care, says Wang Gungwu. More universities in Asia of late have turned to headhunters in search of a new vice-...
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Fears over hike in visa fee
Australia's booming education export industry could be threatened by a federal government decision to increase the fees foreign students pay for their visas and their university courses. Although...
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Foreign fields provide an uninspiring look into private future
Pedro Teixeira and Alberto Amaral examine the rise of private provision in education overseas. With the rapid expansion of higher education in recent decades it seemed to make sense to increase the...
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New interest in old powers
As the colonial past recedes, Asia is taking a fresh look at what Europe has to offer, writes Wang Gungwu. A shift in the way Asians study Europe has changed for the first time in a century....
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Today's news
Oxford professor suspended for rejecting Israeli Andrew Wilkie, Nuffield professor of pathology at Oxford University and fellow of Pembroke College, has been suspended for two months for rejecting...
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Today's news
Oxford professor suspended for rejecting Israeli Andrew Wilkie, Nuffield professor of pathology at Oxford University and fellow of Pembroke College, has been suspended for two months for rejecting...
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Findings: Camelids give warm feeling
The accepted wisdom is that people began to domesticate flocks for a ready supply of food. But evidence from South America shows that some species may have been domesticated for their wool, writes...
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Annual Report 2002 DG Research
Brussels, 28 Mar 2003 Summary This annual report covers the period from January 2001 to March 2002, which was marked by unprecedented development of the Community's research policy. The Commission...
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Iron hands finally lose their grip
A History of Hungary - The Hungarians
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Iron hands finally lose their grip
A History of Hungary - The Hungarians
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Getting to know the local lama
Asian Commitment
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Commission encourages international solidarity when utilizing exotic plants
Brussels, 7 January 2004 When an EU company uses exotic plants like Aloe Vera for producing cosmetics it should share the benefits of this use with the country where the plant came from. This is the...
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Commission encourages international solidarity when utilizing exotic plants
Brussels, 7 January 2004 When an EU company uses exotic plants like Aloe Vera for producing cosmetics it should share the benefits of this use with the country where the plant came from. This is the...
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The picture of a place in the real
The History of Tibet
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Mass resignation for French scientists
Brussels, 10 Mar 2004 Some 2000 French researchers have resigned in protest against the government's lack of response to their plea against budget cuts, fund freezes and post reductions. The protest...