Stem-cell expert says snobbery slows research
Elitism, snobbishness and xenophobia in the scientific community are holding back valuable research into traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which could unlock cures for a range of debilitating...
Elitism, snobbishness and xenophobia in the scientific community are holding back valuable research into traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs), which could unlock cures for a range of debilitating...
Finland and Sweden plan to cash in by charging non-EU students for tuition, writes Will Sillitoe
The London School of Economics has recruited Niall Ferguson to a chair in international history. Professor Ferguson, an academic historian, journalist and television presenter, holds positions at...
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- The Ashgate Research Companion to Corporate Social ResponsibilityEdited by David Crowther, professor of corporate social responsibility, De Montfort University, and Nicholas...
In 1989, after the Chinese Government cracked down on the pro-democracy movement, China found itself in a serious international crisis. Western powers, led by the US, imposed various sanctions on the...
Always controversial, the World University Rankings are nevertheless an invaluable quality-marker for the sector
A new pro vice-chancellor has been appointed at Nottingham Trent University. Ann Priest will be responsible for non-course-related student matters at the university, alongside her role as head of the...
? = Review forthcomingBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES- Homo erectus: Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, EthiopiaEdited by W. Henry Gilbert, assistant professor of anthropology, California State...
When this book went to the publisher a few months ago, it had disturbing implications for Europeans dependent on gas for heating and Americans dependent on gas for running a car. The author, a...
ChinaShuffled staff threaten progressThe development of China's higher education system is being hampered by a government-driven rotation of a small number of people around the sector's top jobs, a...
Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism
European Union and New Regionalism: Regional Actors and Global Governance in a Post-Hegemonic EraEditor: Mario TeloEdition: SecondPublisher: AshgatePages: 428Price: £.50ISBN 9780754649915There is...
The dust jacket of this book proclaims that "the price of oil has doubled in less than two years. And it is still rising". Not now it isn't.In early 2008, US investment bank Goldman Sachs, at that...
Japan and South Korea want their universities to attract overseas academic talent, but doubts persist about their readiness for the global market. Michael Fitzpatrick reports
Japan and South Korea want their universities to attract overseas academic talent, but doubts persist about their readiness for the global market. Michael Fitzpatrick reports