Durham's Asian crisis
We write to express dismay about the decision of Durham University this week to shut its East Asia department. Staff were formally told about the proposal only six days before it was due to be...
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Bombings spark fears of foreign rush to cancel UK study plans
Terrorism fears could lead overseas students to cancel plans to study in the UK, with dire consequences for universities' income and their share of the international recruitment market, experts...
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Oases with a loud tick, tick ringing through the air
Half of the world's most densely populated cities are located in areas vulnerable to earth-quakes - and there is a very good reason why. James Jackson explains It has already been a bad century for...
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Teaching: on the front line
What is your experience of teaching? Mandy Garner asks teachers how they manage Name: Rachel A. Harris Age: 35 Job: Lecturer in ethnomusicology at School of Oriental and African Studies Salary: ?24,...
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Nuclear friends get engaged for good
Engaging India
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World Bank to use science and technology to drive international development
Brussels, 21 Jan 2005 The World Bank has signalled its intention to boost the science and technology capacity of the world's poorest countries in order to promote their economic development. Over the...
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Today's news
Qinetiq float in fresh trouble as scientists sue for $400m The controversial flotation of the defence technology group Qinetiq ran into fresh trouble yesterday after Cambridge University scientists...
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Research-related items (Extract from: Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of 28/29 November 2005)
Brussels, 25 November 2005 The EU Competitiveness Council will meet in Brussels on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th November starting at 10.00 on Monday under the chairmanship of Alan Johnson, United...
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Freedom row fails to sink Warwick's Singapore plan
Warwick University set out to renegotiate plans for a ?300 million campus in Singapore despite a decision by its governing council not to proceed with the original proposal because of staff concerns...
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Revisit legacy of the fathers
Journal of Classical Sociology
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Pick'n'mix makes for an artful confection
Forgotten Empire - Birth of the Persian Empire
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Latest research news
Mediterranean diet 'reduces birth defects' The Mediterranean diet has already been credited with increasing life expectancy levels in southern Europe. Now research has revealed that it may also...
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Japan's ALOS in orbit: ESA will deliver its data to European researchers
Paris, 25 Jan 2006 ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided...
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EU to help establish international research evaluation network
Brussels, 23 Jun 2005 Following a meeting of partners from the EU, US and Asia at a workshop in Seoul, South Korea, at the end of May, an agreement has been made to establish the International...
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UK coasts at risk, experts say
Inadequate coastal defence systems could hamper Britain's ability to cope if a tsunami strikes, leading experts warned this week. Coastal defence specialists told The Times Higher that governments...