US dominates Shanghai poll
Cambridge has moved up to second place in a new ranking of the world's top universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. But the third edition of the ranking remains dominated by US universities,...
Cambridge has moved up to second place in a new ranking of the world's top universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. But the third edition of the ranking remains dominated by US universities,...
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Brussels, 01 Mar 2006 France, the world's fourth largest exporter of poultry, has moved to vaccinate its poultry stocks to prevent the H5N1 'bird-flu' virus spreading from the confirmed cases in the...
The Australian universities' main foreign student recruitment agency is to close its UK offices amid a slump in overseas applications to study in Australia and a sharp reduction in international...
Brussels, 10 Aug 2005 An approaching revolution in the understanding of the most basic physical laws governing the Universe will bring some 600 physicists and engineers to an intensive two-week...
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Aurel Stein on the Silk Road
Bristol University is bucking a national trend by setting up a new teaching and research centre for East Asian studies. The university believes that the interdisciplinary centre will play a major...
Brussels, 29 Jul 2005 A team of EU-backed scientists from across Europe and China have identified a number of promising anti-SARS compounds. One of which is a treatment for schizophrenia first...
Brussels, 15 Apr 2005 The European Union is investing 8 million euro in a new Integrated Project focused on land degradation and desertification in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America,...
Brussels, 13 Apr 2005 The Greens and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament have called for a stronger homeopathy presence in Europe and urged the Commission to fund research into...
Southampton fire expected to cost £50m The bill for damage caused by a fire that wrecked a leading computer and electronics research facility at Southampton University is likely to reach £50 million...
Brussels, 07 Apr 2005 An initiative designed to assist European information and communication technologies (ICT) researchers wishing to find project partners in India has been launched. The scheme is...
The pursuit of knowledge and freedom of speech are being undermined by campus activists, writes Daphne Patai Nothing is as destructive to higher education as threats from within - threats that derive...
Lecturers target MPs over terror bill The Association of University Teachers is today lobbying MPs as the terror bill gets its second reading in the House of Commons, warning that the legislation...