E-dream will only come true through teamwork
Open and distance learning is the future. David Hardy explains how Europe is overcoming the hurdles Higher education announces revolution more often than it achieves it. This is hardly surprising...
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Heatwaves, droughts, floods - that is just a hint of what's in store for a hotter planet
Theories of Earth's demise from the BA Festival of Science in Glasgow, September 3-7 Global climate change poses many health challenges for the world. Andy Haines says we are far from understanding...
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Oz gets tough on visa abuse
More than 3,000 foreign students overstayed their visas in Australia last year, raising fears that some students are using their enrolments in education institutions as a means to remain permanently...
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How to rule the masses
Political Legitimacy in Southeast Asia
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Shrewd in all but sacrifice
Phoenicians
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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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Taking a look at the border picture
Borders - An Ethnic History of Europe since 1945 - A History of the Balkans
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From jihad to McWorld
International Relations Theory and the Third World - The Rise of Asia - The Politics of International Economic Relations - International Relations - Exploring Contemporary Migration - Globalisation...
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One aborigine's watering hole is another's breast
The History of Cartography Volume Two, Book Three
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Costs deter study abroad, says British Council
A fee of Pounds 1,000 is likely to deter British students from spending a period of study abroad, the British Council has warned. Such a change might create an even greater imbalance between the...
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Malaysia crisis may cost UK dear
British universities are predicting multi-million pound drops in fee income as Malaysia's currency crisis takes its toll on overseas student recruitment. International offices in institutions across...
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All Confucian phooey?
Asia continues its quest to find its own soul. For centuries, Asia has been at the receiving end of aggressive Western expansion which reached its height during the high period of colonial expansion...
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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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Glaxo Wellcome earmarks more for research
Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo Wellcome spent Pounds 1.15 billion on research and development in 1997, according to its annual report. The firm, which notched up global sales worth Pounds 8 billion, says...