The oral history of a sacred vocabulary
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men
The Language of the Gods in the World of Men
The Argumentative Indian
Universities in other European countries are increasingly offering courses conducted in English. This could have serious implications for recruitment of students to UK institutions, Anna Fazackerley...
Brussels, 19 Apr 2006 Chernobyl has become more than just the name of the world's biggest ever nuclear disaster. Chernobyl has become a by-word for the dark side of modern life - how technology can...
Washington, 31 October 2006 Full Report Powerful tools for tackling many basic problems in sub-Saharan Africa -- namely hunger, malnutrition, and rural poverty -- could literally spring from the...
Statistics to dominate research assessment Radical changes to the way British academic research is assessed and funded were announced today by Bill Rammell, the higher education minister. The...
University-business ventures are in desperate need of an R&D rethink, says Simon Davey UK university-business collaboration has been unsuccessful for too long. The UK has an exceptionally...
Unquiet Vietnam
Brussels, 05 Jul 2005 In the forthcoming call for proposals under the 'food quality and safety' strand of the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), New Zealand is expected to be specified as one of the...
Shiraz Maher, a former member of the radical group Hizb ut-Tahrir, says universities have been wilfully blind to extremist groups recruiting on campus, where they enjoy freedom to operate away from...
Virtually every university has a well-resourced research office whose aim is to bring in cash from the Government, charities, companies and overseas funders. They seem to be a success: UK higher...
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Civilisations
Paris, 11 Aug 2005 This morning an Ariane 5G launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. On board was the largest telecommunications satellite ever to be placed into geostationary...
Brussels, 20 Feb 2006 Ice cores drilled in Siberia from the Belukha glacier by a joint Swiss-Russian team have revealed increases in temperature of 2.5 degrees Celsius over the past 150 years. The...