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Half-century hallmarks
England 1945-2000 - The Verdict of Peace
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Australia strengthens China ties
The Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee has signed an historic exchange agreement with China. AVCC president John Niland went to Beijing to sign the agreement on behalf of Australian universities...
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Centenary for Beijing
Beijing University is to celebrate its 100th anniversary in grand style in May. University president Chen Jia'er said party and state leaders will join more than 10,000 alumni from home and abroad at...
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A visual revolution gets on the starting grid
From next week's American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in San Francisco. The internet has changed the way we communicate. John Connolly believes the access grid could change the...
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Eye witness
Indonesia's ethnic Chinese community was the target of brutal victimisation after the fall of President Suharto at the hands of last summer's student inspired democracy movement. An estimated 1,000...
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American takeover leads to punch-up
BARCELONA. Friction between the owners of a Spanish private university over its sale to a United States-based international education provider has degenerated into violence on campus and ensuing...
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Report of CREST meeting (scientific and technical research) on 8 February 2002
Brussels, 9 April 2002 Scientific and Technical Research Committee ­ CREST ­ Secretariat. Summary conclusions of the 281st meeting of the Scientific and Technical Research Committee (...
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Asian losses fear
ECONOMIC crisis in Southeast Asia could cost universities and colleges more than Pounds 50 million in two years, writes Harriet Swain. Latest estimates from the ÌÇÐÄVlog Funding Council for...
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Power play on the game
Prostitution, Power and Freedom
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Mums who like to wear tartan
The Mummies of Ürümchi
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Student rescue package extended
A government scholarship scheme to help cash-strapped Southeast Asian students on courses in Britain has been left with Pounds 900,000 of unused money. The government and the British Council have...
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Lecture series
The Legacy of Independence: South Asia 1947-1997 A series of four lectures, organised in association with The ÌÇÐÄVlog Supplement, with support from City University, commemorating the...
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IMF links African slump to brain drain
Latest evidence from the International Monetary Fund suggests that a brain drain continues to block sustained economic growth in most African countries. IMF researchers found that a sizeable...
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On the move
Former governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten, 54, has been made chancellor of Newcastle University, where his eldest daughter Kate was an undergraduate. He hopes to promote the university abroad,...