Ulster enjoys its virtual birthday
Amid government moves towards the United Kingdom's first e-university, Ulster University's pioneering virtual school is celebrating its first anniversary. The virtual school within the science...
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No bones about a dusty old dig
Despite extreme heat, archaeologists converge every year from July to September on a dusty Turkish plain. Çatalhöyük has become one of the world's busiest archaeological sites, but size can have its...
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English's hold on Asians
REPORTS of the importance of English are commonplace. But the recent spate of news about English in Asia begs attention. In Hong Kong the University Grants Committee has proposed tougher English...
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From past perfect to uncertain future
The Welfare State Reader
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Inky lines that can be more than words
The Art of Calligraphy in Modern China
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American graffiti rules
The United States' political and military presence in Asia and the Pacific assumed massive proportions after the second world war. General Douglas MacArthur ruled Japan like a viceroy until he...
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Indicating the way out of slack waters
The medieval History Journal
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Iconography of ancient dance
Prambanan
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Imperial armies' native nightmares
Guardians of Empire
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English 'crucial' in Japan
TOKYO A report from a high-ranking advisory group suggests that Japanese higher education would benefit from the employment of more foreign lecturers. The deregulation of higher education, greater...
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Foreign students surge into Australia
MELBOURNE Enrolments of foreign students in Australian universities are expected to exceed all records in 2000, partly as a result of a substantial growth in new markets. More than 100,000 fee-paying...
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Bug finds waste vocation
A start-up company formed by three academics from Liverpool John Moores University has developed a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of eliminating industrial waste by using bugs....
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Badly aimed canons and when to blow off
A Short History of Sociological Thought. Third edition - Sociological Lives and Ideas - Durkheim. First edition - Anthony Giddens - The Civilizing Process. Second edition
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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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Cash to support Asian students
The government and the British Council have announced details of a one-year scholarship scheme to support students affected by the Asia currency crisis. Universities and colleges have been given...