Who do they think we are?
What does 'Britishness' mean to people living in former colonies and to migrants newly arrived in the UK? Vron Ware decided to find out. The concept of national identity is in crisis. Despite Gordon...
What does 'Britishness' mean to people living in former colonies and to migrants newly arrived in the UK? Vron Ware decided to find out. The concept of national identity is in crisis. Despite Gordon...
Ho Chi Minh
Liverpool University is on the lookout for 20 academics ready to work at its jointly run institution in China. Ambitious staff at grades from lecturer to professor are being sought to fill posts at...
The privileges of working in higher education, such as developing intellectual bonds, are often overlooked, claims Susan Bassnett Anyone not familiar with the education press could be forgiven for...
Seize the Hour
Brussels, 18 Oct 2005 As a satellite event to the World Science Forum, the meeting 'Embedding ethics in scientific practice' will take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 6 to 8 November. This event, a...
BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT• Dynasties: Fortune and Misfortune in the World's Great Family BusinessesBy David Landes, professor emeritus of history and economics, Harvard UniversityPenguin, £9.99. ISBN...
Brussels, 12 Sep 2006 European and Asian leaders at the Sixth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM6) in Helsinki, Finland have reached an agreement on future cooperation between the two continents, paving the...
Fateful Choices
Japan's Government wants higher education to be more commercially focused, but pursuit of that goal is putting a strain on academics and darkening career prospects for young researchers. Nobuko Hara...
Brussels, 12 Oct 2006 A team of researchers has found a new species of mammal in Europe; Mus cypriacus, as its name suggests, is a species of mouse found only on the island of Cyprus. Dr Thomas...
Brussels, 04 Oct 2006 The EU funded 'enabling Grids for e-science' (EGEE) project is processing more than 30,000 computing jobs a day - over a million a month - making it the world's largest...
As India and the UK strengthen research links through a government-backed strategy, individual universities are really talking business. Olga Wojtas reports Academics and researchers across India and...
The Bottom Billion