Recipe for disaster
Post-Copenhagen, it's clear that logic alone won't save us, writes Kevin Fong
Post-Copenhagen, it's clear that logic alone won't save us, writes Kevin Fong
The British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council have announced a new joint scheme to fund visiting fellowships. The fellowships, which will be for a minimum of two months, aim to...
I have seen many election campaigns, but the one taking place in Germany right now is by far the most boring. It is easy to see why: 62.2 million Germans will cast their votes on September, and their...
A.W. Purdue welcomes the festive season when all the favourites reappear, despite unnerving visits from the ghosts of interviews past
Kevin Beurle, a British scientist involved in the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn, has died.He was born in Swansea on 19 January 1956 and attended local schools before gaining a BSc in physics from...
University autonomy is more spin than substance, EUA analysis finds. Phil Baty reports
AustraliaDung dearth thwarts DNA huntA lack of fossilised dung is hindering the efforts of a researcher to identify the DNA of ancient animals. Since 2005, Alan Cooper, director of the University of...
Graham Farmelo delights in a top physicist's views on science, policy and faith
Academics at Manchester University were last week seen walking aimlessly down corridors trying to think of something to do. No, not another symptom of the pay dispute. The university's internet...
OECD findings pose major political questions for higher education across the globe, writes Phil Baty
French cuisine underwent a dramatic transformation during the early modern period. All kinds of new products became available: potatoes, pumpkins and turkeys from the New World; chocolate, coffee and...
Turkey's state universities face challenges from business-funded rivals and Islamic activism, writes Dorian Jones. Turkish higher education is set to go through one of its most significant periods of...
Deadline: 15/11/2006
? = Review forthcomingBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- Electronic Markets: Benefits, Costs and RisksEdited by Craig Standing, professor of strategic information management, Edith Cowan University. Palgrave...
EDUCATION- Boys and Foreign Language Learning: Real Boys Don't Do LanguagesBy Jo Carr, senior lecturer, School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education, Queensland University of Technology, and...