Paris, 13 Jul 2004 The International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) announces the release of its cosmic study, 'The Next Steps In Exploring Deep Space', a vision for the scientific exploration of...
David Jobbins looks at the UK's rise to the top of the OECD degree league The overseas student market is big business for universities across the OECD. In 1998 alone, it accounted for up to $30...
Brussels, 17 Sep 2002 A team of Spanish, US and Bangladeshi researchers have shown that the relationship between climatic variation on cholera epidemics has become stronger over the past few years....
An Australian information technology company has become the first foreign investor to buy a university in China and incorporate the institution into its operations. Perth-based Amnet Limited bought...
Divergent Capitalisms
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
International Handbook of Underwater Archaeology
From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women
Age, Narrative and Migration
Brussels, 04 Oct 2002 An ambitious new project has been launched by African and European researchers to review and document existing knowledge on around 7,000 species of tropical plants. The PROTA...
Death of a Discipline
The Australian government has committed A$200 million (£73 million) to a World Bank plan to offer education and skills training to developing countries via the internet. The scheme was launched by...
Brussels, 12 August 2002 Academic institutions in the UK and Denmark are collaborating with Pakistani counterparts under the ASIA IT&C scheme to help create the Pakistan Virtual University (...
The decline of intellectual quests and the rise of dumbing down in western universities will make the next century an eastern one, argues Charles Pasternak By the end of this century, North America...
Brussels, 19 Jun 2003 The combined impact of human activities is posing the biggest threat yet to the European marine environment, a recent scientific report has shown. Carried out on behalf of the...