Nokia rings up Chinese connection
Mobile phone company Nokia has set up a joint research centre with a Chinese university. Tsinghua University and Nokia will research the internet, wireless and interactive communications for Asia,...
Mobile phone company Nokia has set up a joint research centre with a Chinese university. Tsinghua University and Nokia will research the internet, wireless and interactive communications for Asia,...
Robert Tuttle, the US ambassador to the UK, has opened a new £8 million home for experts in international security, terrorism and peace studies at the University of St Andrews. The new building...
? = Review forthcomingBusiness and managementl Business Practices in Southeast Asia: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Theravada Buddhist CountriesBy Scott A. Hipsher, professor of business, Anaheim...
Widening participationForty-five per cent and countingThe government has edged closer towards its 50 per cent target for participation in higher education. Statistics published last week show that in...
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After considering criteria that demand work ‘well above world standard’, Tara Brabazon concludes that an era of interplanetary scholarship must be upon us
An exhibition focuses on the local fixers who made Western exploration possible. Matthew Reisz writes
Like many others, we have just received copies of the Economic and Social Research Council's strategic plan for 2009-14. The vision highlights the three "I"s: impact, innovation and...
Knowledge-in-Practice in the Caring Professions: Multidisciplinary PerspectivesEditors: Heather D'Cruz, Struan Jacobs and Adrian SchooEdition: FirstPublisher: AshgatePages: 266Price: £60.00 and £19....
? = Review forthcomingEDUCATION- Higher Education in Asia/Pacific: Quality and the Public GoodEdited by Terance W. Bigalke, director of education, East-West Centre in Honolulu, and Deane E. Neubauer...
Royal Holloway, University of London - Paul LayzellThe next vice-chancellor of Royal Holloway, University of London is clear about the uncertainties he will face as he leads the institution over the...