Don's diary: A global nomad
Tuesday Setting off for an expert meeting on backpacking, I find, despite my supposed expertise in the subject, that I am overloaded. Every time I travel, I swear I will travel lighter next time. The...
Tuesday Setting off for an expert meeting on backpacking, I find, despite my supposed expertise in the subject, that I am overloaded. Every time I travel, I swear I will travel lighter next time. The...
Asian Commitment
THENUMBER of young Australians working and studying in the Asia-Pacific region will rise significantly if initiatives gaining support are successful. Powerful voices have spoken out over the past...
Archaeology
Students sue Oxfordshire college for £100K damages A group of students has been cleared to sue Rycotewood College for damages after a judge ruled they had been denied the practical experience needed...
Canada and the United Kingdom have formed a partnership to encourage bilateral contacts. Its origins lie in a joint declaration signed in 1997 by prime ministers Tony Blair and Jean Chrétien that...
Financial Times Lord Sainsbury, the science minister, has opened the Genetic Therapies Centre at Imperial College, London. Mumbai (Bombay) in India will house the Massachusetts Institute of...
The desire to understand the events of 9/11 has been a commercial boon for scholarly works from specialist presses, writes Karen Gold. In the summer of 2001, when New York's twin towers seemed to...
A German university on the border with Poland has started an anti-far right campaign to protect its international students from racist attacks. The Europa University Viadrina, in Frankfurt on the...
Work is about to start on Vietnam's first foreign-owned university after the Asia Development Bank agreed to pay $7.5 million (£5.3 million) towards the project. The university is being established...
After faltering in the dotcom downturn, e-learning providers are working hard to recover ground. As Stephen Phillips reports from San Francisco, many institutions are now focusing on professional...
Deadline: 31/08/2001
Brussels, 17 July 2002 Today the Commission adopted Erasmus World on a proposal from Viviane. There is a simple philosophy behind the project: "By opening our universities to the world, we open them...
A day of total luna-see: * Records of eclipses can be found in the ancient histories of Babylon, East Asia, Europe and Arabia. * The oldest report of a total eclipse is dated July 17, 709BC. * A...
The global media is spreading eating disorders in non-western cultures, say Leicester University researchers. Psychiatrist Mervat Nasser, author of Culture and Weight Consciousness, claims that...