West weighs up theworth of its values
East Meets West
East Meets West
Followers to Leaders
It is now more than two years since prime minister Tony Blair launched his initiative to attract more international students to the United Kingdom from non-European Union countries. The package of...
Can we use evolution to our advantage in the fight against disease? Martin Ince speaks to Sir David Weatherall (pictured) about the potential of molecular medicine Evolution by natural selection is...
Mapping Human History
Tired of indifferent, unanalytical history textbooks? Jeremy Black opts for surprising alternatives that first appeared in 1902 - the Cambridge Histories. Textbooks. We all think we know what they...
Globalization in World History
Governments in less developed countries often ignore the impact of backpackers on their economies, says Mark Hampton, a development economist at the University of Portsmouth. Dr Hampton is...
Pedro Teixeira and Alberto Amaral examine the rise of private provision in education overseas. With the rapid expansion of higher education in recent decades it seemed to make sense to increase the...
The high cost of university life throughout the world is pushing more students into term-time jobs. The THES reports on some enterprising ways to raise cash. Nigeria's 500,000 students are struggling...
Online courses offered by a consortium of universities are attracting much interest in Asia and Europe. Geoff Maslen, in Melbourne, reports. The first specially developed courses to be delivered...
As the EUA conference gets under way in Bristol, David Jobbins reports on European integration Europe is rarely high on the agenda for British universities but 2003 is the exception. It is the crunch...
UN expert charged with investigating torture Governments do not look forward to getting a letter signed by Sir Nigel Rodley , professor of law at Essex University's Human Rights Centre. For he is the...
Following a huge increase in the number of foreign students seeking to enrol in Australian education institutions, the federal government last week adopted tighter visa regulations. During the past...
Vitamin pills are a waste of money Vitamin pills are a waste of money and have no effect in combating disease, cancer or any other illness, while wider use of cholesterol-lowering drugs would reduce...