Imperialist impositions
A Hundred Horizons - The Scandal of Empire
A Hundred Horizons - The Scandal of Empire
Governments are ill prepared for a global bird flu pandemic and are doing nothing to ensure that the people of the rich world do not abandon those of the poor to die - as some experts fear. Becky...
Tribal Asia
Universities call for an extra £168m Scotland's universities want an extra £168 million from the Scottish Executive to increase student numbers, improve facilities and pay for lecturers' wage rises....
The Human Past
The Times Higher examines the reactions to the international guidelines on transborder higher education European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is at the forefront of efforts to liberalise...
China has appealed to Australia to help educate 1 million of its citizens. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Education Minister, said that on a recent visit to Beijing, China's Education Minister, Zhou Ji...
Henry R. Luce, Time and the American Crusade in Asia
China and India have moved on from producing over-examined students who lack creativity. Not so the UK, says Maria Misra. While French students take once more to the barricades, the British reach for...
Paris, 11 Aug 2006 On 11 August 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary...
World University Rankings Published in The Times Higher on October 28 2005 The world's best guide to the standing of top universities Editorial: Determined challengers...
Brussels, October 2006 Europe and the US have nothing to fear from globalisation, and can in fact use it to their advantage, EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik told an audience at...
Cultures Merging
Two leading scholars are battling with the Hong Kong Government to maintainacademic freedom. Edward Vickers reports These days, mainland China has become an object of general fascination. Staggering...
Washington, D.C., 25 Jul 2006 An intergovernmental working group on public health and intellectual property, which the World Health Assembly said in May should be set up "immediately," is scheduled...