The Asian renaissance
I note that James Boswell died 200 years ago and Robert Burns followed a year later. This leads me to reflect on something that I have always found interesting: the Scottish renaissance of the 18th...
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IMF links African slump to brain drain
Latest evidence from the International Monetary Fund suggests that a brain drain continues to block sustained economic growth in most African countries. IMF researchers found that a sizeable...
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How the war was fought
Peace Now!
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Apocalypse now and atrocity then
From Melos to My Lai - Kennedy's Wars
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Maize riddle sparks Chinese puzzle
Julia Hinde reports from the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Seattle A piece of clay pottery from a site in China may provide evidence of the earliest...
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Uneasy? He's here to help
Graduate students in politics, economics, IT and the social sciences all turn to the same man. Martin Ince meets Manuel Castells Manuel Castells may go one better in his analysis of the information...
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Questions over IT stock launch
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is considering an investigation into possible insider trading by senior academics and council members at the University of Melbourne. The share...
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Agony aunt
Q Some of my overseas students are looking decidedly dejected and out of place and, with Christmas coming up, I would welcome some tips on making them feel more at home in this country. A Sometimes...
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Asian crisis hits overseas intake
The full impact of the Southeast Asia crisis on student recruitment overseas emerged this week, with figures showing a 13 per cent drop overall in new higher education intakes from abroad this year....
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How to woo students from overseas
WHAT: Harinder Bahra argues that international students are not units of finance to be thrown in with the rest of the student cohort. WHY: A warm welcome on arrival and sensitive support throughout...
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The country en suite, en masse
Twentieth Century British Social Trends
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In the news
Roman Herzog may be Germany's president but this has not stopped him being rude about Germans, or at least about their education system. The former law professor has called for a thorough reform of...
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Eye witness
The possibility that Ireland may rejoin the Commonwealth after 50 years will increase when secretary-general, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, visits Dublin next week.Taoiseach Bertie Ahern last month signalled...
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Lecture series
The Legacy of Independence: South Asia 1947-1997 A series of four lectures, organised in association with The Times Higher Education Supplement, with support from City University, commemorating the...
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Brits target tough markets abroad
The British Council is targeting new overseas higher education markets in the wake of the Southeast Asian crisis. The council's Education Counselling Service, is spending nearly Pounds 1 million on...