'Second wave' of China initiatives ahead
UK universities are exploring fresh opportunities to open campuses in China, amid signs that the country may not have closed the door on further foreign higher education ventures, as previously...
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Seismic Threat to World Outlined style 1
After nearly a decade of work, an international team of earthquake scientists has produced the first estimates of seismic hazard levels for the entire world.At a meeting of the American Geophysical...
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The weight of our world to shoulder
The Human Past
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Liverpool seeks to fill Shanghai posts
Liverpool University is on the lookout for 20 academics ready to work at its jointly run institution in China. Ambitious staff at grades from lecturer to professor are being sought to fill posts at...
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Call for funding to match rise in overseas students
The UK's continued success in attracting students from overseas this week prompted warnings from two leading higher education opinion formers. The number of students from outside Europe enrolling in...
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World encompassed
Un report highlights desert threat Enough fertile land could turn into desert within the next generation to create an "environmental crisis of global proportions", large-scale migrations, and...
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A quiet tendency to spread the word
The relationship between politics and religion will take centre stage at this year's Anglo-American Conference of Historians, University of London, July 5 to 7 The global community of evangelical...
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Not as old as you look
The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey - The Chosen Species - Seven Million Years
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Grant winners
The British Academy2008 Postdoctoral FellowshipsForty-nine 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowships have been awarded by the British Academy across the humanities and social sciences, of which twelve are listed...
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China asks for Australian help to educate one million citizens
China has appealed to Australia to help educate 1 million of its citizens. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Education Minister, said that on a recent visit to Beijing, China's Education Minister, Zhou Ji...
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The Book of the Week: Your Inner Fish
Michael Benton muses on our slippery past.
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Imperialist impositions
A Hundred Horizons - The Scandal of Empire
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Report warns Europe over lack of patents, while EPO workers strike over increased workload
Brussels, 10 May 2006 A new report warns that Europe is in danger of 'missing the boat' on commercial returns of nanotechnology, as the number of patent applications remain way below those from the...
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The fine lines between past and future
Postcolonial Poetry in English. First Edition