Profile: Simon Chadwick Professor of Sport Business Strategy, Coventry University. Few scholars can say that an encounter with the North Korean football team, at the age of two, set them on the path...
There are plenty of opportunities for academics to take advantage of social media, but it’s important to separate the gems of revelation from the nonsense
The profession must take small steps to build its standing, a study has found. Zoë Corbyn reports
As universities agonise over greatly reduced funding from the state, David Greenaway reminds them that they were once much more financially self-reliant and would do well to rekindle the old spirit
The Government has become too focused on the role that universities can play in improving the skills of the UK workforce, at the expense of further education colleges, which are often better placed...
LIFELONG LEARNINGDenham lauds 'informal' studyThe Government has launched a consultation on "informal" adult learning that is not designed to lead to a formal qualification. John Denham, the...
Many hope that higher education will help pull the UK out of recession. Matthew Reisz assesses the growth potential in the sector's resources
Scientists must engage more with the public or the HIV/Aids deniers will gain credibility, argues Tara Smith. There is no Aids epidemic in Africa. HIV doesn't exist. People are dying because...
Brussels, June 2002 Media briefing on Clean Technologies Tuesday 16 July 2002 European Commission, Brussels and Scoribel SA, Feluy, Belgium, On 16 July, the European Commission will organise a one-...
Pricing Derivative SecuritiesAuthor: Thomas Wake EppsEdition: SecondPublisher: World Scientific PressPrice: £46.00ISBN 97898100339A presentation of techniques for valuing derivative securities at a...
1. Advanced Macroeconomics by David RomerMcGraw-Hill, £43.99. ISBN 97800728773042. Q&A European Union Law 2007/08 by Mike CuthbertTaylor & Francis, £13.99. ISBN 97818594196563. International...
Aberdeen University. Chosen by judges for its "great focus" on international leadership development, Aberdeen University's International Leadership Development Programme exists to strengthen the...
Criticism grows of composition of Whitehall and industry 'expert' groups. Hannah Fearn reports
ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCILThirteen projects will share more than £300,000 under the Science and Heritage Research Clusters Scheme. The other winners were listed last week.Award winner: A.M...
In this thought-provoking book, Amar Bhide challenges the "technonationalist" view that America's comparative advantage lies in technological leadership and the associated "alarmist" fears that, as...