Beyond the Lost Horizon clichés
A History of Nepal
A History of Nepal
Two Strathclyde University professors have put their money where their mouths are to fund a scholarship for a master of international management course being launched in autumn. Neil Hood (pictured...
You report in "Asian studies cuts may hit anti-terrorism effort" ( THES, July 11) that sweeping cutbacks in East Asian studies are in the offing. Leeds University is cited as cutting two posts in...
The Return of the White Plague
Soas resumes talks over library cuts Negotiations over the future of one of the UK's leading specialist libraries will resume tomorrow, amid protests from academic staff. The School of Oriental and...
Brussels, 02 Sep 2005 A biologist from the University of East Anglia (UEA) has warned that a far wider range of wildlife species, including mammals, could be at risk from bird flu. Three rare civet...
Joshua Ka-ho Mok has been appointed as the first head of Bristol University's Centre For East Asian Studies Joshua Ka-ho Mok will soon swap the heat of Hong Hong for winter in England when he takes...
Brussels, 19 May 2005 The EU's proposal for a regulation on medicines for paediatric use is expected to receive a boost under the UK's EU Presidency, which begins in July. The UK's Ministry of Health...
Brussels, 02 Feb 2005 Germany may lose more jobs in research and development (R&D) industries, as the vast majority of companies do not plan to increase research spending at home before 2008...
The spread of Enlightenment ideas was expected to lead to a decline in world faiths and the triumph of secularisation. But religion is flourishing and evolving, especially in the developing world...
Brussels, 02 Dec 2005 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here with you today for the launch of "Photonics21", the European Technology Platform in Photonics. Already last May, I received a...
Brussels, 26 Jan 2005 Major players from Europe's waterborne transport sector gathered in Bremen, Germany, on 25 January to launch a new Technology Platform in the sector and to begin work on...
Brussels, 25 January 2005 The major players in the waterborne transport sector will come together in Bremen today to start work towards a common strategic vision for the future research needs of this...
I am struck by the low number of research submissions, relative to other university subjects, for area studies of regions such as the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Given their...