A serial killer still lurking in shadows
Luckily, last year's Sars epidemic was brought under control quickly and efficiently. But, warns Roy Anderson, we may not be so fortunate next time round. On December 26 the Chinese ministry of...
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A serial killer still lurking in shadows
Luckily, last year's Sars epidemic was brought under control quickly and efficiently. But, warns Roy Anderson, we may not be so fortunate next time round. On December 26 the Chinese ministry of...
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Latest research news
Inventors get more cash to plug brain drain Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, has been given a grant of £95 million by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport....
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France lays out welcome mat
Foreigners who want to study in France should soon find it easier to take up residence and support themselves there. Education minister Jack Lang and minister of foreign affairs Hubert Vedrine have...
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Latest international news
Boost for minority languages in Europe The United Kingdom today ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, which aims to promote their use in public life. Millions of...
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Conceptual clarity but cock-eyed Coptic in hard-to-follow script
A History of Writing
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Academic troops shore up the information front in war on terror
The desire to understand the events of 9/11 has been a commercial boon for scholarly works from specialist presses, writes Karen Gold. In the summer of 2001, when New York's twin towers seemed to...
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Germans tackle racism
A German university on the border with Poland has started an anti-far right campaign to protect its international students from racist attacks. The Europa University Viadrina, in Frankfurt on the...
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Eyewitness: First steps in Caucasus peace process
The long-standing enmity between Armenians and Turks could be resolved by a "reconciliation commission", which met for its first session last week. Commission members from Armenia, Turkey, Russia and...
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UK must keep grip on market
UK universities and colleges are in danger of being squeezed out of the burgeoning multibillion-pound overseas student recruitment market, the British Council has warned. Major competitors such as...
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UK must keep grip on market
UK universities and colleges are in danger of being squeezed out of the burgeoning multibillion-pound overseas student recruitment market, the British Council has warned. Major competitors such as...
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Silence of illiteracy
Hassan Bouzidi's assessment of education in Morocco is gloomy (World View, THES, May 5). He says that more than half the population and 90 per cent of rural women are illiterate. But he does not...
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Today's news
Vitamin pills are a waste of money Vitamin pills are a waste of money and have no effect in combating disease, cancer or any other illness, while wider use of cholesterol-lowering drugs would reduce...
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Democratic staples in an oriental diet
Asian Freedoms
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Our world not beyond repair
Globalisation and its Discontents