First chance for many, last chance for Earth
Tony Durham talks to the president of Commonweath of Learning, Gajaraj Dhanarajan (below) about the triumph of distance learning in Asia For a child whose school journey began with a two-mile pre-...
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Plan for the worst, hope for the best
HIGHER and further education's wish for 1998 must be that the planning blight of 1997 will end. 1997 was a year of waiting - for the election, for reports, for white papers and for money. It was also...
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Krishna as divine Michael Jackson
Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia
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Is private so efficient and public so bad?
The Impact of Privatisation
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Turn back the clock on overseas fees
Following the change of government it is timely to reflect on overseas student trends since 1980. Latest figures from the Department for Education and Employment show that since 1982 the number of...
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Unorthodox... and untenured
Sian Griffiths reports on the mystery surrounding the failure of a respected Muslim historian, Ayesha Jalal, to secure tenure at one of America's leading universities. Original", "very very good", "...
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From rice fields to killing fields
The Pol Pot Regime - Western Responses to Human Rights Abuses in Cambodia, 1975-80
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Exports built on goodwill
WHAT do an Egyptian PhD, a Greek MBA, a Bulgarian MSc and a Singaporean postgraduate in engineering have in common? They are just a few of the many postgraduates who have taken part in the British...
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Metropolitan measures
The Early Modern City 1450-1750 - The Growth of the Medieval City from Late Antiquity to the Early 14th Century - The Later Medieval City 1300-1500
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Australian campus for Malaysia
Australia and Malaysia have signed a bilateral agreement covering education co-operation that is expected to see Australian university campuses opening in the Asian nation. The agreement was signed...
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Molecular databases go global
SCIENTISTS in Asia and Eastern Europe are plugging into the molecular biology databases of the leading industrial nations, a rich source of knowledge that could be applied in medicine and farming....
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Time to defend UK courses in other realms
A recently circulated British Council report points out that there are more than 1,200 private colleges operating in Israel, offering qualifications validated by foreign universities. Britain is now...
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Turkey's deepening divides
A SOCIOLOGIST acquaintance at Boghazi University tells me a contemporary Turkish joke: "Our country's application for entrance to the European Union continues to be denied, but now at least Istanbul...
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Fellowships
National Humanities Center, North Carolina Robert Segal, reader in theory of religion at the University of Lancaster, has been awarded a fellowship. The Leverhulme Trust Fellowships have been awarded...
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Shephard raid that went wrong
I recently heard Gillian Shephard, Secretary of State for Education, on the BBC World Service attempting to justify a reduction of school funding and the resulting deterioration of the teacher/pupil...