Knowing your place in an ever-shifting world
Handbook of Environmental Assessment, Volumes One and Two
Handbook of Environmental Assessment, Volumes One and Two
By opting for more regulation, the Dearing committee missed its chance to improve UK higher education, says Robert Taylor Sir Ron Dearing told vice chancellors last week that if the United Kingdom...
Indian Rock Art and its Global Context
The Open University is 30, flourishing and serving as a role model to universities around the world, as Alison Goddard discovers "Blithering nonsense!" That's how heavyweight Tory politician Sir Iain...
The Impact of Climate Change on the United States Economy
Japan's senior students face a tough year for jobs. Early surveys indicate that leading employers intend to recruit fewer graduates for the 1999-2000 financial year. The shrinking graduate job market...
One of the most remarkable developments in the 20th century is the way modern education has become accepted as the norm throughout the world. All those who regularly attend meetings on education...
In some regions, a little funding can make a big difference. Julia Hinde reports on two units in Asia doing ground-breaking work The Wellcome Trust may be Britain's largest and most influential...
Social Policy and Welfare
Black-market trade in antiquities is destroying some countries' heritage. Anne Sebba reports on battles by archaeologists to stop the looting James Ede, a London-based antiquities dealer, put two...
Tony Tysome and Harriet Swain go in search of the Midlands, a region that is busy bridging an east-west divide, increasing participation rates and developing links The University of Warwick is...
The University of New South Wales in Australia has established the first centre for the study of European law outside Europe and the United States. The European Law Centre will provide an Asian-...
Life Out of Bounds
AN AUSTRALIAN survey of students in six Asian countries has found that they rank universities in the United Kingdom highest in terms of course standards and recognition of qualifications, writes...
Faster - The Clock of the Long Now